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Escondido's Budget Deficit Has Taken A Toll On The City That May Take Years To Correct
We’re looking back at how Escondido’s mounting budget deficit has impacted the city and its residents.
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Morning Report: It May Take Years To Solve Escondido's Budget Woes
Plus: Affordable housing advocates eye ballot measure and citizen group declines to rubber stamp streetlight surveillance.
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Morning Report: Police Stops Falling In Half Didn't Improve Racial Disparities At All
Plus: Control of California Theatre, a second crack at wireless water meters and WaPo spotlights San Diego’s homelessness crisis.
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SDPD Promised Racial Disparities In Enforcement Would Go Down. Instead, They've Crept Up.
A new analysis by Voice of San Diego found that racial disparities in police stops have crept up since 2020, despite SDPD’s promises.
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Morning Report: Even After A Landmark Deal, Dispute Continues Over UCSD Student Worker Pay
Plus: Former La Jolla High students settle claims, protections for RV owners passed its first hurdle and VOSD live at Whistle Stop Bar.
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Ratio Billing In Apartments Leaves Renters In The Dark About Utility Costs
A lack of transparency over charges for water, sewer and energy means tenants have little to no control over their monthly bills.
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Todd Gloria Wants You To Know He Has Had It
A series of questions of a proposal to ban encampments in most public spaces revealed a new chapter in response to homelessness.
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Morning Report: Here's Why Some Renters Are In The Dark About Utility Costs
Plus: City Council approves new tenant protections, the Mayor has had it and watch us on the tube.
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Police Stops Have Fallen Dramatically In The Last Three Years
Data shows that stops have plummeted by nearly half – down to 96,119 in 2022. Police leaders say there are many reasons for the massive drop
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Morning Report: Police Are Stopping People Far Less Often
Plus: Maps show flood impact from Border Wall and housing developers will be invited to bid on City Hall land.
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Unlike Other City Parks, The City Doesn't Run This One
The Chicano Park Steering Committee controls what happens at the park in a way that no city-affiliated park committee in the city does.
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VOSD Podcast: Whitburn Loses Ground At MTS
In this week’s episode we’ve got clips from Councilman Kent Lee, Councilman Stephen Whitburn and Mayor Todd Gloria’s staff.
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Morning Report: Chicano Park Is Run By A Private Group, Not The City
Plus: Things aren’t going well for Whitburn and Legislators ask Community Colleges to pause approval of new Bachelor’s Degrees.
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Basically Everyone's Got Beef With San Diego's Proposed Tenant Protections
Groups lined up this week to flag concerns. Some are talking about amendments, litigation and a ballot measure.
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Morning Report: Tenant Protection Proposal Isn't Giving Anyone All They Want
Plus: Chula Vista is finally opening its homeless shelter and with Fletcher gone, MTS fails to select a new leader
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Morning Report: MTS Board To Pick Its New Leader
Plus: IB extends mobile home protections and how Encinitas ended up with an affordable housing deficit.
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Morning Report: The Local Charity Execs Cutting Deals That Enrich Themselves
Plus: Tenant protection pitch, city shelters often don’t have room and we’re throwing video in the mix to our podcast.
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The North County Charity Executives Cutting Deals That Enrich Them Personally
Financial agreements, deeds and other documents reveal a series of deals that trace from the nonprofits to their executives.
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Biden Administration Is Building A U.S.-Mexico Border Wall That Could Worsen Flooding In Both Nations
Documents show that two federal agencies have been at odds since August 2020 over the border wall project across the Tijuana River Valley.
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Morning Report: The Section Of Border Wall That Could Flood Downtown Tijuana
Plus: Newly homeless continues to outpaces newly housed and we’re heading back to Whistle Stop Bar in South Park for our next live podcast!
