Year: 2012

  • Field Guide: City Heights and the Mayor’s Race, Part V

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX The Candidates: Carl DeMaio Current Job: City Councilman representing District 5 Political Affiliation: Republican Endorsement: Engineering and General Contractors Association Known For: Outspoken…

  • Growth in Food Stamps Participation Slows

    County Supervisor Ron Roberts appeared on KPBS last week to preview his State of the County address and provide an update on efforts to expand the county’s food stamps program. County leaders have come under intense scrutiny in recent years because advocates for the poor say the county doesn’t provide social services to enough people.…

  • You’re Invited: Balloon Mapping

    By Megan Burks Join voiceofsandiego.org CEO Scott Lewis and me 5 p.m. Saturday in Teralta Park for balloon mapping. We’ll be using everyday materials–a soda bottle, rubber bands, balloons and a point-and-shoot camera–to take aerial photos from 500 feet above City Heights. We’ll be launching at dusk to see if we can find dark spots…

  • Tweet City Heights: Transportation Bill Would Slash Funding for Transit

    By Megan Burks House Transportation Bill Would Strip Funding for Transit, Bikes The House of Representatives passed a transportation bill last week that would significantly reduce funding for transit authorities and safe streets programs. The bill proposes directing all revenue from a federal gasoline tax to highways; currently, 2.86 cents of the 18.4-cents-a-gallon tax go…

  • Video: Problems Still Plague County Food Stamp System

    By Maureen Cavanaugh, Joanne Faryon, Patty Lane and Claire Trageser Five out of six calls to a county hotline designed to help residents access food stamps and other benefits are dropped, according to an inTelegy report first publicized in U-T San Diego. The report, commissioned by the county, also found that those callers who do make it through wait an…