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Border Report: The Detention Facility Inspection that Almost Happened
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (1038+ words) A little after 2 p.m. on Friday, I drove south on the 805 to Otay Mesa Detention Center, squeaking by before the afternoon border rush hour stopped traffic. Two county supervisors, Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre, were supposed to be speaking with the…...
The Second Home Tax Is Back
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (637+ words) This post first appeared in the Politics Report. Become a'Voice of San Diego member'today to get access to the weekly politics insider newsletter. The tax is back.' A proposed ballot measure to tax second homes is coming back to the…...
GOP Supervisor’s Anti-Tax Push Backfires
1+ week, 6+ day ago (352+ words) Republican County Supervisor Jim Desmond's proposal to block county lobbying for potential tax hikes backfired on Tuesday." Democratic Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer's clapback: She had a plan of her own Tuesday " and a Democratic board majority to back her up....
Why H Barracks Is Closed During the Day
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (456+ words) In July last year, the city began ticketing RV campers in Mission Bay after a safe parking lot, H Barracks, opened nearby. A lawsuit filed by a group of homeless people in 2017 prevented the city from handing out tickets, unless…...
Morning Report: San Diego Unified’s Mega-Housing Push
3+ week, 4+ day ago (377+ words) This week, San Diego Unified trustees advanced four large-scale housing pitches that could supply thousands of homes for district employees on district land. As our Jakob McWhinney reports, trustees made ambitious moves that represent the biggest K-12 district foray into housing…...
CTA Prez Willing to ‘Leave it All Out on the Line’ in Barrera Endorsement
3+ week, 6+ day ago (487+ words) Overnight, San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera's bid for state superintendent transformed from an upstart campaign to a serious contender thanks entirely to the endorsement of California's biggest teachers union." The last time a candidate endorsed by the 310,000-member-strong California…...
South County Report: A Year Under Trump
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (878+ words) Earlier this week, the New York Times published a state-by-state look at how America has changed in the year since President Donald Trump started his second term in office on Jan. 20, 2025." The Times" story got me thinking about what a…...
The Learning Curve: Newsom’s Latest Budget Proposal Boosts Community Schools
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (894+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom's recently released budget proposal had some good news for California schools " billions of dollars of good news. His proposal also includes extra money for a program that's been embraced by some local school districts and is beginning…...
Three Ex-County Lawyers Departed with Payouts
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (747+ words) Three top attorneys who left the County Counsel's Office earlier this month each walked away with a $239,392 payout." The county payments to veteran attorneys Erica Cortez, Caitlin Rae and Heidi Skinner covered nine months of their county salaries and half…...
Opinion: San Diego’s Budget Challenges Deserve Less Rhetoric and More Data-Driven Analysis
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (272+ words) Zucchet is General Manager of the San Diego Municipal Employees Association and resides in Ocean Beach. In his Jan. 13 op-ed published in Voice of San Diego, former Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey argues that increased spending and poor management are the…...