Food Stamps: San Diego Explained
A video explainer on how the food stamps program is doing in San Diego.
A video explainer on how the food stamps program is doing in San Diego.
It's a dramatic shift in a government that has long resisted having to pay for even basic emergency treatment for the poor. Unlike some California counties, however, the county did not go as far as it could have.
Samantha Ollinger has become a voice for cyclists in San Diego. She just quit her job to devote all her time to making the city a friendlier place for bikes.
Examining why local environmental groups sued the county’s regional planning agency over its 40-year transportation plan.
Send over your questions for this week’s Q&A.
They claim the regional planning agency didn't do enough to ensure its $200 billion transportation plan won't harm the environment.
Mayor Jerry Sanders and Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs premiere a video to gain support for their plan to renovate Balboa Park.
We check in with Har Sin, a 25-year-old deaf refugee who is learning to formally communicate for the first time in his life. Since we profiled him a year ago, he's made remarkable progress. But hurdles remain.
The vibrant monuments to San Diego’s Mexican-American political movement are getting a facelift.
Teens with cell phone cameras fanned out to document our recent event on food access in City Heights.
Recent data shows a dramatic surge in the number of people getting food stamps here, though San Diego County continues to lag most others in California.
Discussing why residents are proposing taxing themselves to save the neighborhood's historic street lights.
In Kensington, the city's budget woes are threatening to eliminate the neighborhood's beloved historic street lights. Left with little choice, residents are considering taxing themselves to save them.
A new supermarket has stirred excitement among residents of City Heights’s Colina Park neighborhood. But it’s revived concern among advocates about a dangerous intersection they have to cross to get there.
Join us on Nov. 12 for a discussion on why accessing nutritious food can be a challenge in City Heights, and what's being done about it.
Statement: "Barrio Logan already has the lowest vacancy rate for industrial land in San Diego County - under 3 percent," Jerry Gray, an industrial business owner in Barrio Logan, wrote in an Oct. 19 letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Determination: False.
Callers to a county help line face record hold times as they try to apply for food stamps. County officials plan to add 65 new workers to help keep up with the growing demand.
Two early candidates have withdrawn from the race, for now leaving only Councilwoman Marti Emerald and environmental advocate Georgette Gomez.
Two years ago, San Diego County unveiled a phone number meant to make applying for food stamps more convenient. But hold times have gotten longer than ever, if you're lucky enough to be put on hold.
Local transit advocates have struggled to influence the San Diego Association of Governments’ $200 billion transportation plan. Now they’re focusing on the next time around.
Diane Moss is leading the charge to turn blighted vacant land in southeastern San Diego into productive gardens, and she's trying to foster a greater sense of community in the process.
The San Diego Foundation wants a hand in San Diego's long-term planning, unconvinced that governments and business can adequately prepare for its growth. The nonprofit's willing to put millions of dollars behind it.
The New York Times explores how City Heights has become a hub of subsistence agriculture for refugees.
More than three years ago, the mayor and city planners trumpeted a new advisory committee helping to plot Barrio Logan's future. But now it's not clear whether the city will accept the group's advice.
A battle is brewing between residents and industry as the city works on a vast rezoning plan in the neighborhood.
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