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Morning Report: Fletcher’s Resignation Has Not Ended His Scandal
San Diegans woke up yesterday to news that County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher would resign following a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted and harassed a former MTS staffer, but it was clear early in the day that the region was still grappling with the implications of the allegations against…
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MORNING REPORT
Morning Report: Fletcher Resigns
A bombshell complaint filed by a former Metropolitan Transit System employee and made public Wednesday accuses County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
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Editor picks
Politics Report: What Did Faulconer Know and When?
We have fielded dozens of comments this week from people who feel that Jason Hughes, the prominent real estate broker who pleaded guilty this week to a misdemeanor violation of…
Hughes Pleads Guilty, And Now State Officials Could Come After His Real Estate License
Former city real estate adviser pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor conflict-of-interest charge after agreeing to essentially pay back the city $9.4 million he received from the city’s ex-landlord for his…
Fletcher Resigns as MTS Chair as Former Agency Employee Accuses Him of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Lawsuit
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher resigned as board chair of the Metropolitan Transportation System Tuesday, the same day a former MTS employee filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment and…
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How a Free Class Prepares Students to Become American Citizens
Each year, the San Diego College of Continuing Education’s citizenship classes guide hundreds of students through the process of putting together citizenship applications and teach them what they need to…
Gloria’s Homeless Czar Leaving City Hall
Mayor Todd Gloria announced Monday that Hafsa Kaka, who has served as the city’s director of the city’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department since 2021, is departing her post…
Poverty and Education are Inextricably Linked
While the degree of correlation between a family’s income level and children’s performance in school has long been known, there’s been frustratingly little progress toward evening the playing field.
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Education
San Diego Unified’s Chronic Absenteeism Crisis Is at its Worst in Lower Grades
Though chronic absenteeism at any level hurts student performance, missing school at a young age could set students back for years to come.
The Learning Curve: Understanding a Chronic Absenteeism Crisis
Every school that feeds into Logan Memorial’s high school has chronic absenteeism rates well above the district’s average. The school’s head counselor thinks there’s no “silver bullet” to solve the…
Of the 15 San Diego Unified Schools with the Most Chronic Absenteeism, 14 Are South of I-8
Chronic absenteeism has reached sky-high levels nationally and locally, but the bad news isn’t evenly distributed.
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ENVIRONMENT
San Diego Should Now Definitively Know How to Reduce GHGs. It’s Done the Math, Over and Over.
If San Diego made a list of all the climate decisions it could make, in order of which cut the most greenhouse gases from the local economy, it’d probably look…
San Diego Business Groups Balk at City’s New Climate Policy Guide
At the city’s Environment Committee meeting Thursday, industry representatives during public comment argued the city was too focused on cutting emissions, and not enough on other considerations.
How San Diego Climate Action Works and What it Might Cost
San Diego would have to find $30 million in new money to reduce its carbon footprint. The city has just a dozen years to remove the equivalent of 2.2 million…
NORTH COUNTY
North County Report: Escondido Could be Next to Regulate Sidewalk Vending
Proponents and critics agree that some regulations need to be in place. But many also argue that the restrictions shouldn’t be so restrictive that low-income and immigrant entrepreneurs can’t compete.…
North County Report: Lack of Funding Shut Down Aid to Families on the Brink
A homelessness prevention program for families in Escondido came to a standstill after losing its federal funding source. Now program leaders are hoping the city will help them find new…
She Was Proof Oceanside’s Self-Sufficiency Program Works. When the City Suspended it, She Spoke Up
A program for low-income families helped a single mom in Oceanside achieve financial independence. She hopes her story will bring awareness to the program that often goes underutilized nationwide.
opinion and commentary
Commentary: ‘I Was Living a Nightmare’
Christopher Edmonds moved from Knoxville, Tenn., and settled in San Diego. No longer homeless, he is an advocate of the homeless and an active member of Voices of Our City…
Commentary: A Homelessness Journey Is Anything but Linear
I’ve been in and out of homelessness since the 1990s. The journey has been long and difficult. This is my story.
Putting a Face to a Statistic: How I Became Homeless
In the span of three years, I lost my job, home and family, checking off five of the six primary causes of homelessness. This is my story.
POLITICS
10 Years after Managed Competition, City Turning to Contractors for Key Services
San Diego’s mayor is bringing in contract workers to fix the city’s broken streetlights.
Advocates ‘Livid’ After Local Assemblymember Pulls Bill to Help Black Students
Last February, Assemblymember Akilah Weber introduced AB 2774. The bill was something of a redux of efforts made by Weber’s mother, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, to improve the…
Behind the Late Lobbying Disclosure That Earned Midway Rising a Fine for Breaking City Ethics Laws
The city of San Diego’s Ethics Commission is fining Midway Rising $5,000 for neglecting to file a lobbying disclosure months after it was due.
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