In this biweekly column, editor Jesse Marx takes big concepts to the everyday level. Health care, policing, housing, politics — and how they impact you.
Marx will show how decisions made in the halls of power trickle down.
Who wins, who loses and why.
Advocates Are Piloting a New Kind of Income Assistance
Unlike the more widely known universal basic income proposal, the guaranteed income program being tested here offers no-strings-attached cash transfers to families based on trust. Households can spend the money on whatever they want rather than abide by strict and often invasive rules.
New Homeowners Pay Considerably More in Taxes Than Longtime Homeowners
When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, its supporters portrayed the ballot measure as a much-needed means of keeping people, particularly seniors on a fixed income, in their homes. It was meant to provide stability in a time of inflation by capping property taxes annually — but also passed the burden of paying for…
Mobile Homeowners at Risk of Eviction Petition Imperial Beach for Help
When Rachel Orozco moved to the Miramar Imperial Beach Mobile Home and RV Park more than a year ago, she considered herself lucky. Her family lived nearby and the rent was cheap. The nearly five-acre piece of land, a mere half-mile from the Pacific Ocean, is home to about 100 people, most of whom live…
Public Transit Is Not Just an Environmental Issue – It’s About the Workforce
The relationship between public transit and workforce development is rather bleak. Stats suggest that most jobs are inaccessible to riders.
Recognizing Mike Davis, San Diego’s Giant of Urban Theory
When the news spread a couple weeks ago that San Diego scholar and activist Mike Davis was going on palliative care, it generated an outpouring of support online. And for good reason.
Fast Food Worker Bill Moves Forward
This post originally appeared in the June 29 Morning Report. Get the daily newsletter in your inbox here. A bill to establish a fast-food sector council in California passed another hurdle on Tuesday, clearing the Senate Judiciary Committee. The original iteration of AB 257 was introduced by Lorena Gonzalez before she left the Assembly. She…
Courts Rely on Late Fees to Fund Their Operations But They May Need to Find a Different Source Soon
Late fees are especially hard on people already struggling to get by, but they’ve financed trial courts throughout the state. Now, that funding source is on the verge of disappearing.
Workers Rage Against the ‘Modern Food Machine’
San Diego labor has seen a burst of energy over the last year as workers in several sectors climb out of the pandemic. That’s much harder to do in the fast food industry, where both the grub and the bodies are cheap, but more than a dozen people got arrested last week to raise awareness…
Tourism Workers Come Out of Pandemic Swinging
The workforce and union leaders are capitalizing on a tight labor market to make new demands and drawing energy from a younger, more diverse base, as well as their allies in elected office.
The Toll That Comes With an Eviction: ‘My Life Went Downhill From There’
A former sergeant claims his bosses played politics with evictions, picking and choosing which ones to prioritize. Because the Sheriff’s Department has some discretion over when to press ahead with a lockout, the documentation he’s shared with reporters offers a window into a process we don’t often see.
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