Housing advocates in San Diego and across the state scored a win last week after a bill targeting a controversial law about condominiums cleared a key vote before lawmakers broke…
South Bay Democrats have a new South County vice chair after a video of a shouting match led to a resignation last month. Hinch reports that Sherman Heights realtor and…
South County Democrats have been at war with one another. Now, with a crucial general election nearing, they are pinning their hopes on a peacemaker. Democrats in the party’s South…
Remember four years ago when the San Diego Unified School District asked taxpayers to pony up $3.2 billion in bond financing for urgently needed repairs to city schools? And four…
Over the past few months, San Diego Unified officials have been ironing out the details of a new construction bond measure, set to go before voters in November. Construction bonds,…
The city of Chula Vista is exploring a possible November ballot measure that would raise the city’s hotel tax rate by four percent to fund a new city tourism bureau…
Earlier this year, our Public Matters partners at inewsource revealed how San Diego property owners can obtain a short-term rental license even after illegally evicting a tenant. It’s happening because…
In the just-before-Covid-times, a majority of city voters backed a hotel-tax increase that pledged new money for a Convention Center expansion, additional homeless services and road repairs. After years of…
Back in 2020, many people had their doubts about a proposed increase to the hotel tax, called Measure C, that promised new money to expand the Convention Center, help solve…
I’ve been writing about an effort in California to legalize “plug-in solar,” small panels renters or condo-owners can install on balconies and plug directly into a regular outlet. Utility companies like San Diego…