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Manchester Group Promises Housing Will Be ‘Major Part’ of NAVWAR Development
Developers say a data center is still a possibility, but the project would also include housing.
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Desmond Has Spent a Lot of County Money on Ads About Himself
While campaigning for the 48th Congressional District, County Supervisor Jim…
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Judge Says Rady Children’s Can Partially Limit Gender-Transition Care
New patients will only get partial services as hospital reports…
ICE Appears to Be Ramping Up Enforcement in San Diego
It will likely be months before arrest data can confirm…
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Manchester Promises Housing at NAVWAR
Last week, our MacKenzie Elmer broke the news that Manchester Financial Group, namesake of prominent developer Doug Manchester, has been quietly pitching a large-scale data center on Navy-owned land near Old Town. Several San Diego politicians protested. They had envisioned…
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Binational Jazz Festival: A Fusion of Sounds, Style
The San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival featured Femina Fatal,…
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SOUTH COUNTY
Three-Way Mayoral Race Threatens Democrats’ Bid for Control in Imperial Beach
The entrance of two Democrats into the race to unseat incumbent Mitch McKay has fractured the local party and increases…
South County Democrats Pin Hopes on National City Mayor’s Race
With Democratic mayoral candidates facing obstacles in Chula Vista and Imperial Beach, the race to lead National City is taking…
South County Goes Full YIMBY
South County leaders are bullish on housing. In a series of candidate forums last week, including our own Politifest, candidates…
South County Lawmakers Notch Wins in Sacramento
New bachelor’s degrees, AI regulations, protections for immigrants and a boost for residents near the sewage-clogged Tijuana River. South County’s…
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ENVIRONMENT
San Diego Passed New Renter Protections Last Year. Tenants Say Landlords Are Already Breaking Them.
A new city law requires landlords to produce copies of their utility bills to tenants that dispute the charges. Many, allegedly, don’t comply.
Existential Threat to CEQA or Just Building Stuff We Need Faster?
Come and join us for a Prop 45 debate on Saturday at Politifest.
What’s Desmond’s Deal on TJ River?
Supervisor Jim Desmond supported a $1.8M feasibility study on cleaning the entire Tijuana River. But he’s against the very thing that could pay for the fix.
NORTH COUNTY
Candidate Says This County Policy Is Pushing San Diegans to Riverside
County Supervisor candidate Kyle Krahel says the county’s VMT policy is ‘driving people to buy homes in Riverside County.’
Supe Candidate Kyle Krahel Says People Will Die if Measure B Fails
The candidate said it will be difficult for the county to provide essential services to the region’s most vulnerable if a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax increase, Measure B, doesn’t…
Oceanside Voters to Decide on Another Sales Tax Measure
Two years after approving Measure X, some Oceanside residents aren’t sold on Measure S.
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Fixing the South Bay Plant Won’t Stop the Tijuana River’s Industrial Waste
While repairing the South Bay treatment plant is critical, we must find a way to remove chemicals and heavy metals also found in the river.
On Short-Term Rentals, San Diego Needed Leadership, Not Easy Answers
Editor’s note: San Diego City Council District 2 candidates Richard Bailey and Nicole Crosby weighed in on the city’s vacation rental laws at Voice of San Diego’s Politifest. Councilmember Jennifer…
Don’t Let Naysayers Write Off Chula Vista Bayfront
Progress is always a battle, but over the years, we have slowly and surely created a public waterfront that finally belongs to the people who live here and all Californians.
Richard Bailey’s Budget Fix: Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical City Employees
If you take City Council candidate Richard Bailey at his word, he is saying he wants to ‘return to 2015 staffing levels’ by cutting 1,054 public safety, parks and infrastructure…
San Diego’s Public Restroom Problem Goes Far Beyond Our Beaches
Only one restroom downtown remains open 24/7 – and it’s at a homeless shelter.
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