Category: Featured

  • The Stumblr: New Photo Blog of City’s Worst Sidewalks

    Dan Shelley’s dog, Avery, stands on a cracked sidewalk at the 3500 block of Polk Avenue in City Heights in January 2013. | Photo Credit: Dan Shelley By Liam Dillon Dan Shelley takes Avery, his half-Pomeranian half-spaniel, on 20-minute walks around his City Heights neighborhood. Last week, he brought a camera with him, too. Shelley…

  • City Heights ‘Can Live With’ Transportation Committee Assignment

    By Megan Burks City Council voted last week to approve Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria’s SANDAG committee recommendations. At stake in the vote were assignments to the regional planning agency’s committees on everything from the border to the region’s airports. Of particular interest to City Heights was the representative selected to serve…

  • Gov. Brown’s Formula for Funding Neediest School Districts

    By Will Carless Now that the state’s budget deficit has been taken care of, Gov. Jerry Brown is on another mission. He wants to radically reform the way California school districts are funded, taking decision-making out of the hands of Sacramento bureaucrats and placing it under the purview of school district administrators. “We’re investing in…

  • California Endowment Pledges Funds to Help Undocumented Get Health Care

    By Megan Burks On the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to spend $350 million implementing federal health reform in California comes another announcement. The California Endowment announced Thursday it has pledged $225 million toward implementing the Affordable Care Act. And it’s going a step further. Endowment Senior Vice President Daniel Zingale said the private…

  • Filner Reiterates ‘Neighborhoods First’ Message

    By Lisa Halverstadt On the campaign trail, Mayor Bob Filner pledged to prioritize neighborhood and community needs over downtown development. That message was also the backbone of Filner’s first State of the City address, an expansive speech that touched on both the city’s potential financial woes and Filner’s broad, ambitious agenda. The word “neighborhood” appeared…