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San Diego Politics
Ash Street Building Scandal Spills Into the Mayor’s Race
voiceofsandiego.org - Jesse Marx
The ongoing scandal from the city’s acquisition and renovation of a downtown high-rise has kicked off a round of finger-pointing in City Hall that …
2 hours ago
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San Diego Politics
Top Manager Leaves City Hall Over Building’s Asbestos Headaches
voiceofsandiego.org - Andrew Keatts and Jesse Marx
An official involved in the city of San Diego’s troubled acquisition and renovation of a downtown high-rise has resigned, marking the first personnel …
1 day ago
Voice of San Diego
San Diego Politics
Sacramento Report: Courts Deal 3 Tough Rulings to Gig Companies
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Three separate court rulings this week dealt major blows to gig companies seeking to avoid making their contractors into employees in accordance with …
4 days ago
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Immigration
Hundreds of Illegal Entry Convictions Will Be Overturned - Voice of San Diego
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Hundreds of people convicted in San Diego of illegally entering the country will have their cases overturned, and thousands more will have the chance …
6 days ago
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San Diego Politics
Instacart Lawsuit Puts City Attorney in the Thick of the Worker Classification Fight
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Among the scrum slugging it out over employee classification rules in California – a group that includes billion-dollar companies, powerful state …
February 12
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San Diego Politics
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Port’s ‘Bogus Tax’ on Airport Rental Cars
voiceofsandiego.org - Ashly McGlone
A New Mexico man who rented vehicles at the San Diego International Airport during trips to San Diego in recent years is suing several rental car …
February 12
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San Diego Politics
Bill Seeks to Close Loophole That Helped Accused Poway Shooter Buy a Gun
voiceofsandiego.org - Jesse Marx
This post originally appeared in the Feb. 7 Sacramento Report. Get the Sacramento Report delivered to your inbox.The 19-year-old man accused of …
February 10
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San Diego Politics
Sacramento Report: Gonzalez Previews AB 5 Changes
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
After months of angry complaints from freelancers, Republicans mobilizing against her and multiple lawsuits, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez this week …
February 7
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San Diego Politics
Moreno Questions Smart Streetlights Funding Source
voiceofsandiego.org - Jesse Marx
Hundreds of the smart streetlights in San Diego that collect environmental and transportation data and help police solve crimes were financed with …
February 4
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San Diego Politics
San Diego Unified Task Force Wants District to Endorse Mandated Reporter Bill
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
This post originally appeared in the Jan. 31 Sacramento Report. Get the Sacramento Report delivered to your inbox.After Voice of San Diego spent two …
February 3
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San Diego Politics
Sacramento Report: Atkins Promises Housing Production Bill Following SB 50 Defeat
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
One after the other, as senators publicly wrung their hands over SB 50, the bill to dramatically increase dense housing near transit, they all said a …
January 31
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San Diego Politics
California’s Most Housing-Averse City Has a Pro-Housing Mayor
voiceofsandiego.org - Kayla Jimenez
When two reporters who host a housing-themed podcast sat down with Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear last fall, they went into the interview …
January 30
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San Diego Politics
There’s No Water Under the Bridge in the Feud That Won’t End
voiceofsandiego.org - John R. Lamb
Just days before Christmas, Mayor Kevin Faulconer became the first mayor since Jerry Sanders in 2012 to appear before the 36-member board of the San …
January 27
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Taxicabs
The Pedicab Industry Wants to Get Back on Its Feet in San Ysidro
voiceofsandiego.org - Maya Srikrishnan
As city leaders have considered various regulations on pedicabs over the years, they’ve focused almost exclusively on the Gaslamp Quarter and other …
January 27
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San Diego
Sacramento Report: There’s No Shortage of Anti-AB 5 Bills and Candidates
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby and Jesse Marx
As the legislative session gets rolling, a clearer picture of the efforts underway to amend or roll back AB 5, the law limiting the use of …
January 24
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San Diego
Sacramento Report: The Big Homelessness Reckoning
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Homelessness is staking out a case as the issue that will define 2020 in California.Addressing homelessness was central to the budget proposal Gov. …
January 17
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San Diego
Bry Has Made a Dramatic About-Face on ‘Housing First’ Approach to Homelessness
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt and Andrew Keatts
Councilwoman Barbara Bry’s adamant opposition to a federal strategy for combating homelessness represents a dramatic reversal from her position …
January 17
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San Diego Politics
Faulconer Boosts Housing Efforts, Convention Center in Last SOTC
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt
This post originally appeared in the Jan. 16 Morning Report. Get the Morning Report delivered to your inbox.Mayor Kevin Faulconer promised to …
January 16
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San Diego Politics
Here’s How the Mayor Fared on Five Years’ Worth of State of the City Promises
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt and Andrew Keatts
Every year, San Diego’s mayor lays out a vision for the future – and that vision always includes lots of promises.On Wednesday night, Mayor Kevin …
January 15
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Housing
Here’s Just How Huge the Gap Is Between Affordable Housing Demand and Production
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt
When the nonprofit Serving Seniors opened the doors to its 62-unit affordable housing project in Ramona last summer, it had to turn away most of the …
January 14
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Tentative Ruling Says San Diego Airport Rental Car Fee Is Illegal
voiceofsandiego.org - Ashly McGlone
A San Diego Superior Court judge says a fee charged to San Diego International Airport rental car customers since May 2018 is illegal and …
January 10
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Sacramento Report: They’re Baaaaaack (and So Are SB 50 and AB 5)
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
Year two of a two-year legislative session, which kicked off this week, so far looks a lot like year one: Vaccine protesters assembled in the …
January 10
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What’s Behind the Drop in CalWORKs Enrollment
voiceofsandiego.org - Maya Srikrishnan
Enrollment in CalWORKs – a federal program that provides cash assistance to families in need – has plummeted in San Diego over the past decade, from …
January 10
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There’s a New Tension Between North County Leaders and SANDAG’s Director
voiceofsandiego.org - Kayla Jimenez
When SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata appeared at a Metropolitan Transit System board meeting in December, he was there to express support for …
January 9
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Sacramento Report: New Year, New AB 5 Lawsuit
voiceofsandiego.org - Sara Libby
The last Sacramento Report of 2019 was about a federal lawsuit against AB 5 and continued fallout over the new law. The first Sacramento Report of …
January 3
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The City Is Starting to Chip Away at the Homeless Plan’s Ambitious Goals
voiceofsandiego.org - Lisa Halverstadt
Last year the city got an official strategy to tackle homelessness after years of tussling over how to address the city’s humanitarian crisis – and …
January 3
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The Extent to Which We Rely on Cars Will Drive 2020
voiceofsandiego.org - Scott Lewis
I have a complicated relationship with cars.As a kid, I desperately wanted one. My parents started out poor, but my father built a good career. By my …
January 2
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Fletcher Says He’ll Take Steps to Open New Immigrant Affairs Office in 2020
voiceofsandiego.org - Maya Srikrishnan
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said 2020 will be the year he will bring his proposal to create an immigrant affairs office at the county before …
Dec 31, 2019
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Getting Police Records Is Still a Slog, One Year Into New Transparency Law
voiceofsandiego.org - Jesse Marx
One year after SB 1421, a landmark police transparency law, went into effect, the public still doesn’t have a complete picture of how police agencies …
Dec 30, 2019