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Plus: Unlike a Thanksgiving meal, our latest holiday-inspired Politics Report will definitely not put you to sleep!

Chula Vista, National City, Oceanside and Vista have made moves to welcome new services. Progress is less certain in East County.
We asked residents to share the condition of their local park, and what they would do to improve it. Here’s what you had to say.
Plus: California is proud of its Environmental Quality Act, but it isn’t being used for much of anything environmental.
San Diego could implement a tax for parks and libraries, while cutting a tax on certain marijuana businesses.
The hosts discuss how new changes in the city’s population affect how people are represented. Plus: Palm trees, parks and a new trolley line
San Diego this fall passed a ban on so-called ‘ghost guns,' the use of which SDPD says is on the rise.
The process has been weaponized by various special interest groups that block projects for reasons completely unrelated to the environment.
The City Council is zeroing in on changes to the organization’s structure, and the role it has overseeing its executive director.
Plus, advocates for city parks and libraries launched a campaign for a proposed November 2022 parcel tax measure to bolster investments.
Landfills have been emitting methane for years from leaky wells, tanks and hatches and improperly burning off the gas called flaring.
Plus: Audit spotlights city rec center disparities and the county has yet to clarify whether it plans to keep the COVID hotels running.
The Desert Line, a long celebrated but troubled cross-border rail project, has hit yet another setback with missed payments.
In our fourth episode, we get back to the basics and explain the difference between the city and the county governments.
Plus: New efforts to address homelessness and greetings from Mexico.
The city's historical center of Black culture and politics, District 4, has been undergoing a demographic shift for decades.
Plus: The city of San Diego picked a new map for the its nine city council districts, the politics report and the city’s new climate plan.
The Climate Action Plan was supposed to give the city of San Diego a powerful mandate to reshape where people live and how they get around.
Plus: Staff shortages are everywhere and the power of public comments is real.
Plus, pure water is more climate-friendly than Colorado River and telling stories through photos.