Last week, senior investigative reporter Will Huntsberry reported that some residents in southeastern San Diego have lost trust in local government.
Staff at the San Diego mayor’s office called that reporting “dangerous.”
This week on the VOSD Podcast, hosts Scott Lewis, Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Jakob McWhinney discuss the original story, how residents felt about the city’s neglect during the January floods, and responses by the mayor’s communication staff.
Chida Warren Darby is also talking about trust. She’s a City Council candidate who also works for the mayor. Lewis called her up last week to see where she stands on current issues — including the city’s response to the Jan. 22 floods — as she seeks a critical council seat. Though she currently works for the mayor, she assured Lewis that she would not “be a puppet of the mayor.” She’s vying to fill the Council District 4 seat vacated by Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe.
And school layoffs are coming. McWhinney had the story this week expanding on comments by San Diego Unified Board Vice President Cody Petterson, who said the district will need to cut staff due to a looming deficit.
It’s been a long time since schools have had to wrestle with these kinds of budget holes. But with Covid relief dollars drying up and enrollment declining, education leaders will have to decide where to cut soon.
Speaking of schools: The newest edition of A Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools is flying off the shelves. And a metric we created analyzing school test scores with the context of the income level of the families going to the school has gotten national attention. On the show, we explain how the metric is used and what it tells us about school success.
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