17+ hour, 29+ min ago  (269+ words) When San Diego County Supervisors discuss major policy behind closed doors, even informally, even with good intentions, the public loses something it can't easily get back: the chance to weigh in before the decision is already made. I have seen…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1122+ words) On Tuesday afternoon, a couple dozen people wearing blue shirts rallied outside of San Diego Unified's central office. They were classified employees, people employed by the district who aren't certificated teachers " family services assistants, front desk staff, ESL aides, health…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (733+ words) Voice of San Diego's Acorn Awards are a celebration of schools performing well on our income vs. test score metric. The metric controls test scores for the number of socioeconomically disadvantaged students a school serves, helping to quiet factors that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1002+ words) Twenty years ago, Escondido Councilmember Consuelo Martinez watched as an elderly man in a sombrero was picked up by Border Patrol agents while walking out of a Food 4 Less grocery store in Escondido." He was probably 70 or 80 years old, Martinez…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (478+ words) The San Ysidro School District recently made a startling disclosure: The district was running out of money and on track to be more than $4 million in the red. District leaders said the sudden downturn took them by surprise and was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (306+ words) We find more and more money almost every day,saidDeputy District Attorney Matthew Dix, who argued Knox could be a flight risk if released from jail. Knox has pleaded not guilty and for now remains in jail. The county last…...

2+ week, 13+ 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…...

2+ week, 1+ hour 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…...

3+ 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....

1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...