San Diego is largely a ship being tossed by the changing tide of Washington’s policies. But the Tijuana River sewage crisis is one area where the region has dropped anchor to chart its own course.
In a new DC Explained column, Alan Berube, a senior advisor at the Policy & Innovation Center, implores the region to apply that same tenacity to other challenges the region faces: Housing, health science leadership and energy development.
“But the Tijuana River crisis shows that this region can also define a goal, align actors, and begin to move even a reluctant federal partner,” Berube writes. “The open question is whether San Diego can summon the same coordination for the future it wants to build. Until it does, San Diego will keep meeting Washington on Washington’s terms, one shock at a time.”
Read more here.
San Diego Isn’t Taking Chances
San Diego city officials have been trying for years to get a new sports arena built in the Midway District. And despite many legal challenges, they haven’t given up.
Now, to guarantee it gets built, officials are supporting a bill that would exempt height from California’s environmental law. Sacramento reporter Nadia Lathan explains in her latest newsletter where things stand on the bill.
But … the project may not even need this exemption: state officials already gave it a different legal path forward in April.
Read the Sacramento Report here.
Death of a Charter Reform!
On the latest episode of the Voice of San Diego Podcast, our hosts tackle everything from Comic-Con building wraps to California’s housing crisis.
They also explain how a proposed ballot measure to give Chula Vista City Council members raises crashed and burned following public outcry and quid pro quo allegations from the mayor.
Listen to the full show here.
For members only: Will Huntsberry explains in the latest Politics Report just how big of a loss that was for the labor union that proposed the ballot measure.
Read the Politics Report here.
About Those Bathrooms for Lifeguards
Last week we heard from a Voice reader concerned about bathroom access for lifeguards at Ventura Cove in Mission Bay.
City officials with the Fire-Rescue Department told us they have a system to make sure lifeguards posts are never unattended. They can also call other lifeguards if they need to use the restroom.
Over the weekend, we heard from the parks department about which bathrooms are and aren’t closed. They told us the Bonita Cove West and Bahia bathrooms are the closest open restrooms, while the Bonita Cove East bathroom shuttered as part of the cuts.
You can plan your next bathroom break by looking at the city’s full list of Mission Bay toilets.
In Other News
The Morning Report was written by MacKenzie Elmer, Mariana Martínez Barba and Naomi Granata. It was edited by Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña.
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