What’s Next for the Skydiving Center Turned City Homeless Service Hub
Father Joe’s Villages wants to transform an East Village skydiving center that the city made a homeless service hub into a 176-unit affordable housing project.
Morning report
Morning Report: New Mega Shelter Terms Fall Flat with City Council
The San Diego City Council discussed revised lease terms from the owner of a Middletown warehouse being eyed for a 1,000-bed shelter earlier this week and it wasn’t impressed. Our Lisa Halverstadt reports that City Councilmembers during a Monday closed-door…
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Editor picks
City Council Appoints Next Top Cop
San Diego will get a new police chief next month. On Monday, the City Council voted 9-0 to appoint Assistant Police Chief Scott Wahl to replace longtime Chief David Nisleit…
County CAO Search Controversy Escalates
Cindy Chavez, the Santa Clara County supervisor, who was offered the top management job at the county of San Diego before it was rescinded amid former County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher’s…
Wetland Expansion Prevails at San Diego City Council
San Diego’s City Council unanimously agreed to remove some Mission Bay campsites in exchange for restored wetland Tuesday afternoon. The changes to De Anza Cove are a result of eight…
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Education
The Learning Curve: A Crash Course on the ‘Science of Reading’
The science of reading isn’t a curriculum, it’s a body of research that gives us insight into how kids learn to read.
Softball Scandal Takes Down Poway Schools Boss
Marian Kim Phelps is out as Superintendent of the Poway Unified School District.
The Progress Report: How 4 Schools Are Teaching Kids to Read – and Seeing Success
Over the years, schools have embraced different methods to teach kids to read. But one group helping four schools in southeastern San Diego has embraced research backed methods, and it’s…
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ENVIRONMENT
Environment Report: SD City Council’s First Real Climate Vote
San Diego vies to restore coastal marshland lost to development in Mission Bay.
Boundary Refs Are Coming for Port
A city councilman from one of San Diego’s most polluted cities called for an investigation Tuesday night into San Diego’s waterfront landlords: The Port of San Diego. National City Councilman…
Fantasy or a New Reality? How This Group Plans to ‘Fire SDG&E’
What Power San Diego’s movement to create a publicly owned electric utility via a ballot measure this November looks like in real life.
NORTH COUNTY
North County Report: About That Homeless Org in a Bidding War for a Vista Ranch
Vista nonprofit Solutions for Change is looking forward to a potential expansion as they move forward from past conflicts with federal and state homeless policies.
Solutions for Change and County Enter Bidding War for Green Oak Ranch Property in Vista
Vista nonprofit Solutions for Change has been in negotiations to purchase Green Oak Ranch for several months and is close to reaching a final agreement.
Another City Could Be Ready to Ditch Housing First
The Vista City Council will consider a new homelessness policy that departs from Housing First, prioritizes Vista’s homeless residents and more.
opinion and commentary
We Can Have the City We Want
The city is considering major budget cuts affecting services to all residents after decades of underfunding, but we can choose long-term change.
San Diego Needs Affordable Housing Where it Does the Most Good
As we work to solve our housing shortage, let’s do so intelligently.
The January Storms Prove We Can’t Put Off Funding Stormwater Infrastructure Anymore
Sean Elo-Rivera is right to push stormwater infrastructure funding.
POLITICS
Sacramento Report: UCSD Protests Test Limits of Campus Free Speech
Demonstrators protest the breakup of a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCSD, mirroring nationwide struggles over the war in Gaza, antisemitism and free speech.
Sacramento Report: Efforts Are Afoot to Rewrite LGBTQ Laws
One ballot measure asks voters to codify same sex marriage; another potential initiative would cut options for transgender students. Also, an update on key legislation.
What the ‘Historical Significance’ Review of the Sports Arena Misses
The city’s Historical Resources Board report glosses over the deeper history of the land.
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