San Diego Gears Up to Deal Water Across the West
Twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, it seeks to attract investors in its other water assets.
MORNING REPORT
Morning Report: San Diego Wants to Be a Water Dealer
In a landmark deal 20 years ago, San Diego secured a lifeline by purchasing Colorado River water from farmers in Imperial Valley. This agreement, known as the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), reshaped water dynamics in California. The deal helped California…
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Want to Use Palomar Health’s Website? You Have to Agree to These Rules
Palomar Health has new rules that users must follow to access its website. But as a public health care district, it contradicts a few state laws about public agencies and…
Getting Drug Treatment Beds Is So Hard for Poor It’s Like Winning the Lottery
Low-income and homeless San Diegans often can‘t quickly access residential treatment for substance use disorder.
VOSD Podcast: SANDAG Killed the Driving Fee
R.I.P. to the driving fee. This week, one of the most controversial plans in local politics was quashed. The San Diego Association of Governments board voted to remove the driving…
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Cup of Chisme: Cops Tackled, Arrested Two Teens in Barrio Logan. Here’s What We Know
Last week, two San Diego police officers tackled and arrested two teenagers at Chicano Park. In response, a group of Barrio Logan residents and activists are calling for changes to…
It’s Hard to Predict What the Coming El Niño Will Bring
This periodically recurring atmospheric phenomenon in recent years has become just too unreliable to count on.
The Learning Curve: What’s Up with College Rankings?
U.S. News and World Reports’ latest college rankings feature a big change to the methodology. Here’s why it doesn’t go far enough.
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Education
District Staff Decry San Diego Unified’s Return-to-Office Demand
Employees say that despite broad support for, and positive feedback about, San Diego Unified’s remote work pilot program, the district went back on assurances it would develop a permanent hybrid…
A Gun Sighting at a Middle School Puts Discipline at San Diego Unified into Focus
Last month, students at Correia Middle School reported seeing a classmate brandish a gun. In the following week, more allegations surfaced, and in the aftermath, parents are demanding answers about…
Schools Are Pushing for More Housing. Here’s How It’s Going
From community colleges to K-12 districts, schools across the county have set their sights on getting into the housing game. Some of that housing, like one planned San Diego Unified…
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ENVIRONMENT
Environment Report: We’re Diving Into the Western Water Wars
Learn what’s at stake on the Colorado River, why expensive water is causing woe and whether California can figure our how to make more H20.
Newsom Won’t Explain Why Tijuana River Isn’t an Emergency
Recent research suggests governors and presidents have wide discretion under the Stafford Act to send federal aid.
Environment Report: The U.S. Government Owes Oceanside a Beach
Oceanside’s beaches were so wide before the construction of Camp Pendleton military base, beachgoers raced cars along the sandy shore. Now beachgoers sit perched atop boulder revetments at mid-tide –…
NORTH COUNTY
North County Report: The Brother Benno’s Dilemma
A homeless services provider in Oceanside is facing opposition from neighboring businesses, but new rules set by the city to appease critics might be too much for the nonprofit to…
Vista Wants to Fast Track the Opening of a New Shelter
City leaders recently learned its homeless residents who have wanted to enter a shelter in the past 10 months couldn’t do so because of a lack of shelter beds.
Closure of Escondido Preschool Program Leaves More Gaps in Child Care
For 35 years, a beloved preschool program in Escondido called Tiny Tots has been a resource for families. Parents say Tiny Tots provides a slow and healthy transition into school.…
opinion and commentary
37,000 County Residents Want to Raise Water Costs for 3.3 Million San Diegans Without a Vote
Two water districts are attempting to leave us all with a tab of more than $200 million as they form a new partnership in Riverside.
State Bill Will Wreak Havoc on Local Water Control
Assembly Bill 399 could set a precedent where large agencies throughout the state can use the Legislature to thwart local decisions.
Will City Leaders Rubber Stamp Surveillance Technology?
When the new smart streetlights and license plate tracking policies go before the San Diego City Council on Tuesday, they must make the improvements San Diegans want and need.
POLITICS
Biggest Players in Western Water Politics Gather at Politifest 2023
Voice of San Diego and CalMatters will be gathering top water officials to discuss a historic settlement and the needed deal for the Colorado River at 2023 Politifest.
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Fight over Fletcher’s Instagram Messages with Accuser Goes Public
Former County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher’s attorneys and Grecia Figueroa’s attorneys are fighting over a subpoena to Instagram’s parent company Meta.
Montgomery Steppe Drives into the Runoff for County Supervisor
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