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Morning Report: Republican Supe Shakes Up County Governance Debate
A few weeks ago, Democrats on the county Board of Supervisors took an initial vote to place a county governance reform measure on the November ballot. A proposal to extend supervisors’ term limits – and give sitting supervisors a shot at a third term – has been particularly controversial. Now Republican Supervisor Joel Anderson is…
Morning Report: New Tax for What, Again?
Supporters of a countywide half-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot have zeroed in on a catchy sales pitch to voters. The measure, they say, will generate up to $80 million annually to fix the seemingly never-ending Tijuana River sewage crisis. But as our environment reporter MacKenzie Elmer found out, backers of the tax…
Morning Report: The Unravelling of a School Reform
When San Diego Unified officials pitched a new cluster council system in 2010, they promised it would be a way to empower the community. Parents, teachers and administrators would meet, plan initiatives and together improve the schools they all loved. As our Jakob McWhinney writes: “[One official] pitched a utopic list of possible benefits. It…
Morning Report: Tax Hike May Make Ballot
They say they’ve got the signatures. The coalition behind a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax hike delivered more than 151,000 signed petitions to the county registrar on Monday in hopes of making the November ballot. The San Diego County Health & Safety Act would raise an estimated $360 million annually to fund healthcare, child care, solutions to…
Morning Report: The Downfall of Police Union Leader
The president of the San Diego Police Officers Association is out less than a year after he was installed. That’s because Police Chief Scott Wahl is trying to fire him, reports Will Huntsberry. What happened: Earlier this year, Sergeant Jeremy Huff took to Facebook and brashly defended the actions of an officer caught on video…
Morning Report: Trashing the Trash Fee
San Diego’s recently implemented trash fee has politicos and residents down in the dumps. But a new effort to repeal it could lay waste to the city’s already busted budget. The chief complaint of the anti-fee crowd is the claim that the fee was a bait and switch. When voters approved the concept of a…
Morning Report: State of the City Like No Other
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… It’s Chula Vista’s State of the City event! Mayor John McCann on Tuesday staged a State of the City that still has us reeling. The event began with a Hollywood-style video starring McCann in a madcap race to get to the speech on time – culminating in him leaping…
Morning Report: South Bay and the Immigration Crackdown
San Diego’s South Bay has long taken pride in its deep connections to Mexico. Enter the second Trump administration, which has thrown the region’s cross-border identity, culture and commerce into chaos. San Diego hasn’t seen the dramatic onslaught of immigration enforcement that made national headlines in Minneapolis or Los Angeles but as our Jim Hinch…
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