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Politics Report: Is Faulconer Gunnin’ for Guv?
voiceofsandiego.org - Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts
Welcome to a new, occasional, feature of the Politics Report: the Slack Chat. Here is our lightly edited exchange about an undercurrent in the news …
1 day ago
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SDPD Estimates it Will Clear Its Rape Kit Backlog in Two Years - Voice of San Diego
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The San Diego Police Department estimates all of its untested rape kits will be tested in the next two years. The department sent them to a …
2 days ago
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Sacramento Report: AB 5 Fixes Move Forward
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A bill to clean up and further revise AB 5, the wildly controversial labor law limiting the use of independent contractors, cleared its first …
2 days ago
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Getting Rid of San Diego’s Smart Streetlights Will Be Costly
voiceofsandiego.org - Jesse Marx
Only a few weeks ago, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer proposed that the city make a major investment in its smart streetlights. His revised budget …
3 days ago
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The Learning Curve: Can Schools Just Stay Closed? Only if the State Allows it
voiceofsandiego.org - Will Huntsberry
Six of California’s biggest school districts have made a very big threat to the governor: Give us more money, or we won’t physically reopen next …
3 days ago
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Encinitas Mayor Urges Cardiff Schools to ‘Meet the Moment’ and Fully Reopen
voiceofsandiego.org - Kayla Jimenez
When Cardiff School District Superintendent Jill Vinson suggested on May 8 the district may implement a hybrid-learning model – where students attend …
4 days ago
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SDPD Has the Most Untested Rape Kits in the State – by Far - Voice of San Diego
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The San Diego Police Department has more untested rape kits than any other law enforcement agency in the state. And unlike virtually every other …
4 days ago
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Bonus Podcast: The ‘COVID Slide’ and What it Will Take to Reopen Schools
voiceofsandiego.org - Nate John
At best, students’ education is stagnant right now. At worst, they’re experiencing something educators call “the summer slide,” when student progress …
4 days ago
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Tourism Officials Plan Pivot to Staycations as Revenues Plummet
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt
San Diego hoteliers whose business has been hammered amid coronavirus shutdowns plan to look to locals and regional road-trippers to help them …
5 days ago
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Schools Won’t Reopen for All Without More Cash, District Officials Warn
voiceofsandiego.org - Will Huntsberry
Here is a vision for how schools might look in the fall: Imagine an elementary school with 500 students.All students will come to school each …
6 days ago
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UC San Diego
Border Report: Tijuana Shelter Is Teaching Migrant Children to Code
voiceofsandiego.org - Maya Srikrishnan
The coronavirus has made life in Tijuana significantly more difficult for asylum-seekers, who already often found themselves trapped in a kind of …
6 days ago
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These Explosive Issues Might Be Headed to San Diego Ballots
voiceofsandiego.org - Andrew Keatts
This post originally appeared in the May 16 Politics Report. Get the Politics Report delivered to your inbox.There’s no longer any need to say we’re …
6 days ago
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County May Dole Out CARES Act Money to Smaller Cities
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt
This post originally appeared in the May 16 Politics Report. Get the Politics Report delivered to your inbox.Help appears to be coming for …
6 days ago
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Homeless Residents Around the County Confront Lack of Shelter, Resources
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt and Kayla Jimenez
Weeks ago, San Diego city officials scrambled to convert the Convention Center into a temporary shelter to protect homeless San Diegans vulnerable to …
6 days ago
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Politics Report: Is the SDSU Ultimatum a Bluff?
voiceofsandiego.org - Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts
Every negotiation seems like it has one big moment when a side says, “This is it. Take it or leave it.” Whether the move is real or a bluff is what …
May 16
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VOSD Podcast: Takin’ it to the Streets
voiceofsandiego.org - Nate John
Crisis or no crisis, San Diego wouldn’t be San Diego without a big ballot in November.The general election ballot is starting to shape up with some …
May 15
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Trailblazers in Their Families, Now They’re Forging a Path Through a Pandemic Graduation
voiceofsandiego.org - Adriana Heldiz
For decades, high school graduation has been a routine of American life — a given for some, a luxury for others.The coronavirus is now robbing …
May 15
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Faulconer’s Hotels-to-Housing Plan Hits a Snag
voiceofsandiego.org - Andrew Keatts
A plan backed by Mayor Kevin Faulconer to acquire low-cost hotels and turn them into long-term housing for homeless people is on hold.The San Diego …
May 15
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Sacramento Report: How Senate Leaders Want to Solve the Unpaid Rent Problem
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Democratic legislative leaders this week unveiled a plan they think can settle what to do about unpaid rent during the pandemic once there’s no …
May 15
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Inside the North County Grading Wars - Voice of San Diego
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In San Dieguito Union High School District, one of the richest school districts in the county, a group of parents has declared war on the school …
May 14
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Any Successful Recovery Plan Will Look Beyond the Border
voiceofsandiego.org - Jason Wells
The San Diego Association of Governments recently released a report detailing COVID-19’s impact on the regional economy. It detailed why businesses …
May 14
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UC Campuses Have Disclosed Virtually No Records Under Police Transparency Law
voiceofsandiego.org - Gabe Schneider
The University of California system is aware of more than 200 incidents involving police use of force on its 10 campuses in recent years. Nearly half …
May 12
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Environment Report: Climate Action Plan Update Out, Smart Streetlights Still in
voiceofsandiego.org - MacKenzie Elmer
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc not just on public health and the economy but government budgets. The next of its victims could be the city’s …
May 11
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Politics Report: City Not United on SDSU Deal
voiceofsandiego.org - Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts
In the final stretch of negotiations between the city of San Diego and San Diego State University, it’s emerged an issue that “the city” is not a …
May 9
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San Diego and California’s Lawsuit Against Uber and Lyft, Explained
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Republicans who long hated AB 5, the law limiting when employers can classify workers as independent contractors, have argued for the last two months …
May 8
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Sacramento Report: Inside the State’s Plan to Ramp Up Contact Tracing
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby and Jesse Marx
Testing capacity is going to need to improve before San Diego can continue to reopen its economy. Next, the county will need a small army of …
May 8
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Shirley Weber
The Learning Curve: School Funding Accountability Bill Is Dead for the Year
voiceofsandiego.org - Will Huntsberry
The biggest news in California education this week is the state’s newly projected $54 billion shortfall. The state budget pays for a lot of things, …
May 7
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Essential Workers Are Waiting Hours to Cross the Border
voiceofsandiego.org - Maya Srikrishnan
Essential workers who cross the border have been facing hours-long wait times every morning to make it to their jobs in the United States.Jay got in …
May 7
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Small Cities Left Out of CARES Act Hope the County Is Feeling Generous
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt and Ashly McGlone
San Diego County cities that didn’t qualify for direct federal coronavirus stimulus funds are hoping county supervisors are feeling generous with …
May 7
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Lemon Grove Could Be Running on Fumes Within Two Years - Voice of San Diego
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For Lemon Grove, a small city with a big budget problem, the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t have come at a worse time. Officials told the City Council …
May 5