Year: 2013
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Second Opinion: How Will the Feds Enforce the Individual Mandate?
Miccilina Piraino says the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is an overstep and unfair to those with limited means to obtain health insurance. She wants to know how the government plans to enforce the requirement to buy health insurance. By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans…
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With Filner Out, City Spins Its Wheels On Taxi Reform
By Megan Burks Former Mayor Bob Filner put the wheels in motion for the city to take over the taxicab industry and improve oversight. But a proposal by interim mayor Todd Gloria to enter into a long-term contract with current taxi regulator MTS could bring that work to a halt. Taxi drivers rallied at the Metropolitan…
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How Does Someone Get Identified As a Gang Member In San Diego?
By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, and Peggy Pico How accurate is the statewide database of gang members and how does a person get their name off the list? Last week, the San Diego Association of Governments announced there are 7,500 documented gang members in San Diego County. Their names are in the database called Calgangs.…
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San Diego Unified’s Discipline Plan Exists – On a Shelf
By Mario Koran The San Diego Unified School District disciplines black and Latino students more often and more harshly than other students, and “has been diligently working on addressing disproportionate suspensions rates” for years, said R. Vernon Moore, the district’s executive director of student services. Moore emailed me in response to this story highlighting racial…
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San Diego’s Sidewalk Problems, By the Numbers
3400 block of Marlborough Avenue in the city of San Diego. | Photo Credit: Joe Austin, courtesy of The Stumblr. By Liam Dillon Monday’s long-awaited discussion on San Diego’s illogical sidewalk rules ended with a promise for another long wait. Council members on the city’s infrastructure committee pledged to deal with the policy once a…