10/21/2022
VOSD Podcast: Your Ballot, Explained
Grab that ballot off your kitchen counter, it’s time to fill in some bubbles. https://bit.ly/3sflNHo
This week on the VOSD Podcast, it's the Election 2022 ballot breakdown.
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10/21/2022
The Pandemic Erased Five Years of San Diego Test Score Gains
In one of the first data points that compares student achievement before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Unified scores on state standardized tests are down, wiping out a half-decade of steady gains. https://bit.ly/3CpRDGd
In one of the first data points that compares student achievement before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Unified scores on state standardized tests are down sharply, wiping out a half-decade of steady gains.
10/21/2022
A Deeper Dive into SDG&E’s Coming Rate Hike
San Diegans pay the highest electricity rates in the continental U.S. and that price is slated to rise Jan. 1. SDG&E says that’s due to volatile natural gas prices and investments in grid safety against wildfires. https://bit.ly/3EZfvTV
Residents buying all their energy from San Diego Gas & Electric could see their bill rise by at least $34 come January 1.
10/21/2022
Inside the Criminal Case Coming Up in the Assessor’s Race
A criminal conflict-of-interest case has been getting some play in the county assessor’s race. But little has been aired publicly about it. https://bit.ly/3TZ0d6b
Few details have been aired about a criminal conflict-of-interest case involving a former top deputy in the County Assessor’s Office despite the attention it’s received as candidates Barbara Bry and Jordan Marks vie to lead the office.
10/21/2022
Homeless Residents Often Can’t Get the Shelter They Seek
There’s a common myth about homelessness in San Diego: The city’s got ample shelter for those who want it. https://bit.ly/3VtWAqo
A Voice of San Diego analysis shows nearly two thirds of shelter referrals by outreach workers and police in the city aren’t fulfilled in a typical week.
10/21/2022
San Diego County’s Got a New Homelessness Plan
Regional leaders have embraced a new outline to tackle the homelessness crisis, calling for 9,000 new long-term housing options. https://bit.ly/3CpLrOB
San Diego County needs more than 9,000 new affordable and supportive housing options, at least 850 new shelter beds and thousands more housing aid slots to dramatically reduce homelessness, according to a new regional homelessness plan released Wednesday. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, the...
10/20/2022
Labor Leader: Supporting SDSU West Was a 'Big Mistake'
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development. https://bit.ly/3CxUWuV
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development.
10/20/2022
According to a filing at the California Public Utilities Commission last week, San Diego Gas and Electric wants to raise its price per kilowatt hour of energy by 20 percent. That amounts to about a $23 monthly increase on the average residential energy bill.
It’s precisely what San Diego’s local publicly-run power companies warned a few months ago: SDG&E bills would spike again come 2023.
That’s what San Diego Community Power and Clean Energy Alliance argued after the company did the opposite, lowered rates, a move those public power companies said was deceptive at the time.
Read the Environment Report here: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/10/17/sdge-energy-bills-are-slated-to-rise-again/
10/20/2022
How a State Justice Reform Is Playing Out in One Man's Case
A San Diego judge vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction. It opens up the possibility that a man serving a life sentence will eventually be released from prison. https://bit.ly/3CSEOo2
A judge has vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction, opening up the possibility that a man serving a life sentence could be released from prison for a homicide he didn’t commit.
10/20/2022
How a State Justice Reform Is Playing Out in One Man's Case
A San Diego County Superior Court judge has vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction, opening up the possibility that a man condemned to die in prison will be released. https://bit.ly/3CSEOo2
A judge has vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction, opening up the possibility that a man serving a life sentence could be released from prison for a homicide he didn’t commit.
10/19/2022
Migrants Ending Up in City Homeless Shelters Amid Border Surge
More than 60 migrants are staying in city-funded homeless shelters following a surge in arrivals of border crossers who couldn't quickly move elsewhere. https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
Two homeless-serving nonprofits are now sheltering more than 60 refugees – many of whom fled Venezuela – following a spike in crossings along the southwestern border.
10/19/2022
Migrants Ending Up in City Homeless Shelters Amid Border Surge
Amid a rush of migrants moving into city-funded homeless shelters, one provider now sheltering 45 migrants says he’s looking to the city for guidance. “The reality is I do not know what to do.” https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
Two homeless-serving nonprofits are now sheltering more than 60 refugees – many of whom fled Venezuela – following a spike in crossings along the southwestern border.
10/19/2022
Morning Report: City Homeless Shelters Are Serving Migrants Amid Border Surge
As of Tuesday, Alpha Project was sheltering 45 mostly Venezuelan migrants at three of its shelters while Father Joe’s Villages said late Monday it was sheltering 20 asylum seekers. https://bit.ly/3s5I2Qe
Two of the city’s homeless shelter providers have taken in dozens of migrants amid a spike in border crossings by migrants who cannot quickly connect with support systems elsewhere. As of Tuesday, Alpha Project was sheltering 45 mostly Venezuelan migrants at three of its shelters while Father Joe....
10/18/2022
Migrants Ending Up in City Homeless Shelters Amid Border Surge
Left without other options, dozens of migrants — many of them Venezuelans — are now staying in city homeless shelters. https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
Two homeless-serving nonprofits are now sheltering more than 60 refugees – many of whom fled Venezuela – following a spike in crossings along the southwestern border.
10/18/2022
SDG&E Energy Bills Are Slated to Rise, Again
SDG&E wants to raise its price per kilowatt hour of energy by 20 percent. That amounts to about a $23 monthly increase on the average residential energy bill. https://bit.ly/3yQf0b4
The utility company is planning on a raise in price that amounts to about a $23 monthly increase on the average residential energy bill.
10/17/2022
VOSD Podcast: The Great Politifest 2022 Recap Show
We reviewed Politifest as a whole to help gauge San Diego’s current political scene: What’s changing? What’s not? And how are our leaders handling the hottest issues? Listen now. 🔊 https://bit.ly/3S3xZFT
This week on the Voice of San Diego Podcast, hosts Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts dug through the Politifest 2022 content mines to bring you the spiciest takes from the region’s coolest annual politics summit. The conceit of Politifest was that purposeful political discussions need to be out in the...
10/17/2022
Project 25: The Pilot Project Aimed at San Diego’s Most Difficult Homeless Cases Showed Promise, Then Died.
Two years into the program, Project 25 participants had taken fewer ambulance rides and spent fewer days in the hospital compared with the year before. Hospitals saved more than $2 million. And not a single Project 25 client returned to the street. Everyone who entered the program remained housed.
Still, the program ended. Contributor Kelly Davis explains why in a new story. https://bit.ly/3D4C1JN
In 2010, area leaders tried to see if they could save money by housing homeless San Diegans who went to the hospital and rode in ambulances the most. It worked but ended anyway, amid a shifting policy environment and trouble providing the service to more people.
10/17/2022
Morning Report: Why a Successful Homeless Housing Project Disappeared
Project 25 set out to identify the 25 most vulnerable and frequent users of public services, house them and manage their situations. It wasn’t easy, but it proved to be a success. https://bit.ly/3eDOESO
In 2010, nonprofit leaders launched a program to house the most expensive homeless San Diegans. These were individuals constantly racking up ER hospital visits, ambulance trips, hospital stays and calls to police. Project 25 set out to identify the 25 most vulnerable and frequent users of public ser...
10/16/2022
The Pandemic Erased Five Years of San Diego Test Score Gains
In one of the first data points that compares student achievement before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Unified scores on state standardized tests are down, wiping out a half-decade of steady gains. https://bit.ly/3CpRDGd
In one of the first data points that compares student achievement before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Unified scores on state standardized tests are down sharply, wiping out a half-decade of steady gains.
10/15/2022
San Diego County’s Got a New Homelessness Plan
Regional leaders have released a new outline to tackle the homelessness crisis, calling for at least 9,000 new long-term housing options and hundreds more shelter beds. https://bit.ly/3CpLrOB
San Diego County needs more than 9,000 new affordable and supportive housing options, at least 850 new shelter beds and thousands more housing aid slots to dramatically reduce homelessness, according to a new regional homelessness plan released Wednesday. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, the...
10/15/2022
Homeless Residents Often Can’t Get the Shelter They Seek
San Diego doesn’t have enough homeless shelter beds to meet demand. A new Voice of San Diego analysis of city data reveals just over a third of shelter referrals result in a placement in a typical week. https://bit.ly/3VtWAqo
A Voice of San Diego analysis shows nearly two thirds of shelter referrals by outreach workers and police in the city aren’t fulfilled in a typical week.
10/15/2022
Port Signals Support for $550M in Public Funding for Seaport Village Redevelopment
Six years after the Port selected a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says the project requires half a billion public dollars for infrastructure. https://bit.ly/3CRaxHj
Six years after the Port of San Diego chose a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says it'll take half a billion public dollars.
10/14/2022
VOSD Podcast: The Great Politifest 2022 Recap Show
Our podcast hosts dug through the #Politifest2022 content mines to bring you the spiciest takes from the region’s coolest annual politics summit. https://bit.ly/3S3xZFT
This week on the Voice of San Diego Podcast, hosts Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts dug through the Politifest 2022 content mines to bring you the spiciest takes from the region’s coolest annual politics summit. The conceit of Politifest was that purposeful political discussions need to be out in the...
10/14/2022
Labor Leader: Supporting SDSU West Was a 'Big Mistake'
Labor leader Brigette Browning thinks it was a mistake for San Diego's labor unions to have backed SDSU Mission Valley. https://bit.ly/3CxUWuV
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development.
10/14/2022
Homeless Residents Often Can’t Get the Shelter They Seek
There’s a common myth about homelessness in San Diego: The city’s got ample shelter for those who want it. https://bit.ly/3VtWAqo
A Voice of San Diego analysis shows nearly two thirds of shelter referrals by outreach workers and police in the city aren’t fulfilled in a typical week.
10/13/2022
Port Signals Support for $550M in Public Funding for Seaport Village Redevelopment
Remember redevelopment? Developers of the Seaport Village revitalization are turning to a similar public funding system to cover infrastructure for the $3 billion project. https://bit.ly/3CRaxHj
Six years after the Port of San Diego chose a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says it'll take half a billion public dollars.
10/13/2022
Labor Leader: Supporting SDSU West Was a 'Big Mistake'
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development. https://bit.ly/3CxUWuV
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development.
10/13/2022
Gloria: ‘Quit Acting a Fool’ So the City Can Get More Public Toilets
Mayor Todd Gloria at this weekend’s Politifest said the city was trying to add more public restrooms but its attempts to do so are harder than they should be because they’re so gross. https://bit.ly/3Ctd9d6
Mayor Todd Gloria said challenges maintaining restrooms have stymied the city’s public restroom expansion efforts.
10/13/2022
Chula Vista Already Had Community Schools – Nearly 50 Years Ago
Community schools are in vogue now, but they’re not new. Jim Groth ran the community school program at Chula Vista’s Harborside Elementary all the way back in the 70’s. https://bit.ly/3RXebEa
Community schools are in vogue now, but they’re not new. Jim Groth ran the community school program at Chula Vista’s Harborside Elementary all the way back in the 70’s.
10/13/2022
Morning Report: After 40 Years, Community Schools Return to Chula Vista
Backed by new money from the state, San Diego school districts are launching community school programs, which are schools that provide students more services than just classroom instruction. https://bit.ly/3EEsHxB
Backed by new money from the state, San Diego school districts are launching community school programs, which are schools that provide students more services than just classroom instruction. Chula Vista Elementary School District recently received $200,000 to plan its community school initiative. Bu...
10/13/2022
San Diego County’s Got a New Homelessness Plan
Regional leaders have embraced a new outline to tackle the homelessness crisis, calling for 9,000 new long-term housing options. https://bit.ly/3CpLrOB
San Diego County needs more than 9,000 new affordable and supportive housing options, at least 850 new shelter beds and thousands more housing aid slots to dramatically reduce homelessness, according to a new regional homelessness plan released Wednesday. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, the...
10/13/2022
Gloria: ‘Quit Acting a Fool’ So the City Can Get More Public Toilets
Mayor Todd Gloria has had it with folks making a mess in the city’s public restrooms. https://bit.ly/3Ctd9d6
Mayor Todd Gloria said challenges maintaining restrooms have stymied the city’s public restroom expansion efforts.
10/13/2022
How Universal Transitional Kindergarten Is Stressing Our Childcare System
California’s universal transitional kindergarten program is cannibalizing private childcare providers’ most profitable age group, and putting more stress on an already beleaguered industry. https://bit.ly/3CsfRjg
California's $2.7 billion pre-K initiative is suffering from rollout and design problems. Some fear it is breaking the childcare industry.
10/12/2022
Fletcher: CARE Court Won’t Be Homelessness Panacea
County Board Chair Nathan Fletcher at #Politifest2022: CARE Court isn’t a cure-all for homelessness in San Diego. https://bit.ly/3g2xLSb
Nathan Fletcher, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, says an upcoming state mandate to provide and compel mental health treatment won’t make a dramatic dent in the homelessness crisis.
10/12/2022
Port Signals Support for $550M in Public Funding for Seaport Village Redevelopment
Six years after the Port selected a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says the project requires half a billion public dollars for infrastructure. https://bit.ly/3CRaxHj
Six years after the Port of San Diego chose a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says it'll take half a billion public dollars.
10/12/2022
Gloria: ‘Quit Acting a Fool’ So the City Can Get More Public Toilets
Mayor Todd Gloria said challenges maintaining restrooms have stymied the city’s public restroom expansion efforts. https://bit.ly/3Ctd9d6
Mayor Todd Gloria said challenges maintaining restrooms have stymied the city’s public restroom expansion efforts.
10/12/2022
Whoever Wins Top Two Law Enforcement Spots in November Will Serve for Six Years Not Four
A bill recently signed by the governor raises the stakes for the sheriff and DA elections in November. The winners get six rather than four years in office. https://bit.ly/3yyL6bj
Advocates say the change was necessary to boost voter turnout in races for district attorney and sheriff during presidential elections. It also adds a new dynamic in the final weeks of the campaigns and raises the stakes in November.
10/12/2022
How Universal Transitional Kindergarten Is Stressing Our Childcare System
At Politifest, experts questioned whether the universal transitional kindergarten curriculum is the right approach to educating four-year-olds. https://bit.ly/3CsfRjg
California's $2.7 billion pre-K initiative is suffering from rollout and design problems. Some fear it is breaking the childcare industry.
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Housing nerds unite! VOSD’s Andrew Keatts and NY Times’s Conor Dougherty talk all things housing in California. 🎙️: vosd.org/35CH0Tz
California’s Housing History, Politics and Solutions
New York Times’s Conor Dougherty joins us this week to talk about California’s housing past, present and future. Get the full interview and transcript here: vosd.org/35CH0Tz
Parent's Guide to San Diego Schools Information Session
Wondering which school is best for your child? Join us today to discuss our Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools. Bring your questions about school choice, performance data or anything else you’re curious about. Download your free copy of the guide here: vosd.org/schoolsguide
Homelessness Myths
We asked two people with lived homelessness experience in San Diego to talk about the most common misconceptions with the issue. Here’s what they had to say. → vosd.org/3AYpSDm
San Diego 101: What We Know — And Don’t — About Who Lives in San Diego
In San Diego, we have very little information about our Middle Eastern and North African communities. We spoke to Jeanine Erikat of Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans - PANA about it. vosd.org/3nDV85j
San Diego 101 Podcast: Census
The 2020 Census shows that San Diego is more diverse than ever, with especially large growth in its Asian and Latino populations. We break down what you need to know in our latest San Diego 101 Podcast. Listen now → vosd.org/3nDV85j
San Diego’s Faulty Climate Equity Tool
The tool city of San Diego uses to flag communities facing the worst effects of climate change isn’t always right. The result could mean richer neighborhoods get money that’s supposed to go to poorer ones. ⇢ vosd.org/31QftwN
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San Diego 101: The Housing Crisis
For years, we’ve been hearing about the housing crisis in San Diego. But why have things gotten so bad? Tune in to learn more. 🔊: vosd.org/3EydeMr
San Diego 101 Podcast: Jonathan Coronel
San Diego 101: We spoke to Rocio Zamora about the killing of her cousin, Jonathan Coronel, by a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy in 2017. Tune in: vosd.org/3aMmHCK
Clip: Surveillance in San Diego
How are police departments in San Diego using surveillance tools to keep an eye on residents? → youtu.be/19NdV2Vr8o4
Police Accountability in San Diego
ICYMI: Our second episode of the San Diego 101 Podcast is out. We explain who holds police accountable and how well that does – or doesn’t – work. 🔉: vosd.org/3aMmHCK
New San Diego 101 Podcast Episode
ICYMI: Our second episode of the San Diego 101 Podcast is out. We explain who holds police accountable and how well that does – or doesn’t – work. Listen 🔉: vosd.org/3aMmHCK
San Diego 101 Podcast: Who Polices the Police
Cops have the ability — and the authority — to take life. It's a really big deal. So who keeps them accountable? We explain. 🔉: vosd.org/3aMmHCK • • • #sandiego #sandiegoliving #sandiegocounty #sandiegolife #sandiego #police #policeofficer #sandiegopolice
San Diego 101: How Homelessness Is Criminalized
San Diego has the seventh-largest homeless population in the country. For years, local leaders have struggled to tackle the problem and provide long-term housing to struggling residents. The city spends tens of millions of dollars each year on services to help homeless San Diegans. But enforcement has been another big part of the city’s approach.
San Diego 101: Surveillance in San Diego
Millions of dollars are being invested every year in technology that provides the government with more information about us than ever – and it’s happening across the region. As the technology advances rapidly, so do the risks for abuse. Law enforcement across San Diego has been leading this change taking place across the country.
San Diego 101 Podcast: Who Polices the Police
Our latest San Diego 101 Podcast features Rocio Zamora. She talks to us about the killing of her cousin, Jonathan Coronel, by a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy in 2017. 🔉: vosd.org/3aMmHCK
Watch our latest San Diego 101 video
Are you joining us for tonight’s #Politifest2021 session on surveillance and accountability? Watch our latest #SanDiego101 video for a quick refresher on what you need to know. ➡️: youtu.be/19NdV2Vr8o4
San Diego 101 Podcast: Your Role in Local Government
In our first San Diego 101 Podcast episode, we talk to two men who had to figure out how to make local government work for them – after they realized that it can completely change your life. 🔉 Listen here: vosd.org/3oxcEcR
TikTok Series: Who Polices the Police in San Diego
How does police oversight in San Diego work? We explain in our 4-part TikTok series. 👇
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How does police oversight in San Diego work? We explain in our four-part TikTok series. 👇
Who Polices the Police? Part 3
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Who Polices the Police? Part 2
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San Diego 101: The County Budget Process
Every year, San Diego County decides how it’ll spend billions of dollars so it can provide services to people living in the county. But how does that process work? Lisa Halverstadt explains. #SanDiego101
San Diego County Budget Process
Starting June 14, San Diego County will begin public hearing for the next year’s budget before it’s approved. Here’s what you need to know to get involved in the process: youtu.be/GDTQFuIdpBk
County Budget Process, Explained
For the next fiscal year, the county expects to have $7.3 billion to spend. Here's a quick explainer on where that money goes and how you can get involved in the decision-making process.
San Diego 101: The County Budget Process
Every year, San Diego County decides how it’ll spend billions of dollars so it can provide services to people living in the county. But how does that process work? VOSD's Lisa Halverstadt explains.
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Grab that ballot off your kitchen counter, it’s time to fill in some bubbles. https://bit.ly/3sflNHo
In one of the first data points that compares student achievement before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Unified scores on state standardized tests are down, wiping out a half-decade of steady gains. https://bit.ly/3CpRDGd
San Diegans pay the highest electricity rates in the continental U.S. and that price is slated to rise Jan. 1. SDG&E says that’s due to volatile natural gas prices and investments in grid safety against wildfires. https://bit.ly/3EZfvTV
A criminal conflict-of-interest case has been getting some play in the county assessor’s race. But little has been aired publicly about it. https://bit.ly/3TZ0d6b
There’s a common myth about homelessness in San Diego: The city’s got ample shelter for those who want it. https://bit.ly/3VtWAqo
Regional leaders have embraced a new outline to tackle the homelessness crisis, calling for 9,000 new long-term housing options. https://bit.ly/3CpLrOB
Brigette Browning, leader of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, said she wishes labor never supported what is now SDSU Mission Valley knowing what she knows now about the development. https://bit.ly/3CxUWuV
According to a filing at the California Public Utilities Commission last week, San Diego Gas and Electric wants to raise its price per kilowatt hour of energy by 20 percent. That amounts to about a $23 monthly increase on the average residential energy bill.
It’s precisely what San Diego’s local publicly-run power companies warned a few months ago: SDG&E bills would spike again come 2023.
That’s what San Diego Community Power and Clean Energy Alliance argued after the company did the opposite, lowered rates, a move those public power companies said was deceptive at the time.
Read the Environment Report here: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/10/17/sdge-energy-bills-are-slated-to-rise-again/
A San Diego judge vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction. It opens up the possibility that a man serving a life sentence will eventually be released from prison. https://bit.ly/3CSEOo2
A San Diego County Superior Court judge has vacated a decades-old felony-murder conviction, opening up the possibility that a man condemned to die in prison will be released. https://bit.ly/3CSEOo2
More than 60 migrants are staying in city-funded homeless shelters following a surge in arrivals of border crossers who couldn't quickly move elsewhere. https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
Amid a rush of migrants moving into city-funded homeless shelters, one provider now sheltering 45 migrants says he’s looking to the city for guidance. “The reality is I do not know what to do.” https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
As of Tuesday, Alpha Project was sheltering 45 mostly Venezuelan migrants at three of its shelters while Father Joe’s Villages said late Monday it was sheltering 20 asylum seekers. https://bit.ly/3s5I2Qe
Left without other options, dozens of migrants — many of them Venezuelans — are now staying in city homeless shelters. https://bit.ly/3VBKJX4
SDG&E wants to raise its price per kilowatt hour of energy by 20 percent. That amounts to about a $23 monthly increase on the average residential energy bill. https://bit.ly/3yQf0b4
We reviewed Politifest as a whole to help gauge San Diego’s current political scene: What’s changing? What’s not? And how are our leaders handling the hottest issues? Listen now. 🔊 https://bit.ly/3S3xZFT