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Plus: A bachelor’s degree at San Diego City College may be one step closer to reality.

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Plus: A bachelor’s degree at San Diego City College may be one step closer to reality.

A plan to set up a city-backed safe camp for unhoused residents has faced challenges despite widespread support.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors intends to crack down on wage theft from janitorial, landscaping and security workers.
San Diegans have said in survey after survey that if the bus were faster, they’d probably ride it. So what stands in the way?
A new analysis found that less than half of San Diego’s permanent restroom facilities could be considered “truly open access.”
Plus: San Diego’s status on the front line of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic and the county takes on wage theft.
As the party gears up for the start of the 2024 cycle, we were curious what its plans were for a more permanent leadership arrangement.
Plus: San Diegans say, if the bus were faster, I’d ride it and SDSU Report spotlights downtown restroom shortcomings.
Covid-19 death rates increased in several East County communities as residents there are much less likely to be vaccinated.
Plus: Newly elected Chula Vista Mayor John McCann wants a shot at representing his city on SANDAG Board of Directors.
Monday, the Republican Party of San Diego County is set to re-elect Paula Whitsell as its chair and not everyone is pleased.
Oceanside doubled the fee for residential developers if they don’t include affordable units. Some say the fee increase is anti-development.
The analysis highlight its various woes and what might be done to address them.
This week on the VOSD Podcast, the hosts discuss how water use is changing, the SDSU rape case and homelessness data trends.
Plus: San Diego inks a deal to someday ink a deal to develop the Sports Arena.
Community college education officials say California’s decades-old Master Plan for Higher Education is antiquated and want to overhaul it.
Plus: The Learning Curve and local homelessness outreach workers don’t make enough to afford to live in San Diego.
Mira Mesa is currently home to 26,800 homes, and the new regulations would allow the community to grow to 58,000 homes.
Plus: The Golden Door Spa purchased the Newland Sierra property and we have two winners in our elections contest.
Plus: Balboa Park needs an oversight overhaul, housing in Mira Mesa, another South County City is regulating mobile home parks.