A new waste bin in front of a garbage truck in Grant Hill on Jan. 19, 2023.
A new waste bin in front of a garbage truck in Grant Hill on Jan. 18, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler

San Diego’s budget could be in a lot of trouble if voters repeal the city’s trash fee.

City leaders say if that happens, their only option would be to cut up to $150 million from city services like stormwater, fire and police departments. Our hosts explain what’s at stake.

Also on the show: The county governance reforms are marching forward. But one state Senator says her fellow Democrats need to change the plan before it goes on the ballot.

Finally: Former Voice of San Diego reporter Ashly McGlone stopped by to talk about her new project Reconnaissance Man.

Before the Vietnam War America knows, James Lyle Steele, an original Marine reconnaissance man, was in it. Operating at the leading edge of a brutal, evolving conflict — poisoned bamboo, booby traps, tunnels, ambushes, and helicopter assaults— he faced a war that demanded constant vigilance. This episode offers Steele’s firsthand account of the war before most Americans realized it had begun, detailing the constant, deadly reality of his experience.

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