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Morning Report: Most Formerly Homeless Found Homes On Their Own
Plus: A Parent’s Guide to pre-enrolling their 4-year-olds in school and would you rather have a new City Hall or new Civic Center?

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Plus: A Parent’s Guide to pre-enrolling their 4-year-olds in school and would you rather have a new City Hall or new Civic Center?

Universal transitional kindergarten is a new grade available to families free-of-charge. But, the enrollment process has been difficult.
Some of our readers had questions about how to use them.
VOSD Podcast hosts shared their takes on Mayor Todd Gloria’s speech and his administration’s approach to our city’s most pressing needs.
Board members are criticizing the board chair, who received sizable campaign contributions from the group, for not recusing herself.
Downtown City Councilman Whitburn is eyeing Inspiration Point and other spaces as potential safe campground sites for unhoused people.
The Vista City Council approved a safe parking lot for people living in their vehicles. It’s the first of its kind for the city.
Plus: What the Mayor had to say, a new safe parking lot for North County and foundation pushes large Balboa Park Homeless Shelter.
Green bins where residents must throw their food waste are rolling out to select neighborhoods starting Wednesday.
It’s time to acknowledge that our lack of housing created something like a natural disaster.
Plus: Surf will remain high through the rest of the week, but no rain until the weekend.
San Diego’s regional transportation agency’s weighted voting system gives cities with larger populations more influence.
Levi Giafaglione tells host Scott Lewis how he first became homeless and how he navigated the constant change.
Plus: Public power in Orange County is in trouble and a VOSD bonus podcast episode.
A plan to move forward this month with a safe campground for homeless seniors is off after a leading service provider backed away.
Plus: San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria will give his third State of the City speech Wednesday.
The city has tried to direct most new, dense housing in hopes those neighborhoods would be less car dependent.
This week, a State of the City preview, how transitional Kindergarten is changing education and what’s an atmospheric river anyway?
The city has also secured a contract with the National Alliance on Mental Illness San Diego to operate the shelter.
Plus: State officials and local advocates quash their beef with City Housing Proposal.