Tomorrow is our most important Morning Report of the year.
We stay up well into the morning to get the latest possible results and the most context around them available. No one does it quite like us.
What’s at stake: This year we set out to help voters make sense of the races with the most at stake. From county control to city finances, we unpacked it all in our guide to the stakes. You can read those stories here.
Voter guides: Our Public Matters partners at KPBS have a handy voter guide on all the races in San Diego. Visit KPBS here. And CalMatters has what you need to know about statewide races and propositions. Check out their guide here.
Voices of the Voters: Our reporters will be across the county today speaking to voters about what issues are important to them and what races brought them out to the polls. Voices of the Voters is one of our favorite election day traditions.
Never forget: Our Voices of the Voters in 2012 when reporter Keegan Kyle surveyed voters in Carmel Valley. There was a tense mayoral race between Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner and the responses to Kyle were interesting but none more so than the woman who ran away from him yelling “I don’t know the issues!”
If you’re into it, you can read those posts in the afternoon here.
Election Survival Playlist
If you need some tunes to get you through the next few days, we’ve got you. Our Bella Ross asked local candidates what kind of music has been getting them through this cycle.
Her findings have been compiled into two playlists: one with song picks from local candidates and another with tunes chosen by Voice staff members.
The songs are random and hilarious and may be just what you need right now. Enjoy!
What a Cajon Valley Board Member Won’t Say About LGBTQ Orgs
A board member at Cajon Valley Elementary School District has labeled a group of nonprofits as “groomers,” but he won’t explicitly say what he thinks these organizations are grooming kids to do.
Anthony Carnevale is a controversial figure on the board of the Cajon Valley Elementary School District. Since his election in 2022, Carnevale has dubbed a group of LGBTQ+ affirming nonprofit organizations as the “groomer cartel.”
Last week, our Jakob McWhinney wrote about Carnevale’s controversial rhetoric that seems to align with a growing conservative movement that accuses LGBTQ+ advocates of grooming kids to be gay or transgender.
But Carnevale reached out to McWhinney and said he doesn’t think that’s what the “groomer cartel” is doing.
What, then, does Carnevale mean when he accuses these organizations of “grooming” kids? Well, he doesn’t really say.
Environment Report: Some Are Voting for Stormwater Solutions
Today, as San Diegans cast their ballots for mayor, a new City Council District 9 representative, and a proposed sales tax increase under Measure E, residents who were impacted by historic flooding earlier this year are voting with something else in mind: future climate impacts on their communities.
Residents of southeastern San Diego, who were most impacted by the Jan 22. floods, want to see critical stormwater infrastructure improvements in their communities and leaders who will prioritize those improvements.
Measure E is projected to bring in around $400 million per year if approved by voters, which many are hoping will partially fund stormwater infrastructure improvements. And District 9 Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera and Mayor Todd Gloria are up for re-election, and it remains to be seen if they’ll gain support from Southeastern San Diegans.
Read the Environment Report here.
In Other News
- San Diego’s officials have faced the fact they won’t meet the city’s goal to reach zero traffic fatalities of pedestrians and cyclists by 2025 – known as Vision Zero, the Union-Tribune reports. Now, city officials are launching a new analysis of crashes and proposing new efforts to beef up safety.
- These cute little goats are helping prevent fires and making it easier for city staff to conduct maintenance on the Miramar Reservoir. (KPBS)
- Speaking of cute animals, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park debuted its Sumatran tiger cub on Friday. (NBC 7)
The Morning Report was written by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Tigist Layne. It was edited by Scott Lewis.