Category: News

  • The Bahati Mamas: Seeds for Change

    The Bahati Mamas, (front to back), Sitey Mbere, Hawa Ahamed and Maganey Ramazani, are transporting soil to a field at the Tierra Miguel farm in Escondido to prepare for the summer season. | Photo Credit: Famo Musa, The AjA Project By Binti Musa Binti Musa is a high school student and member of The AjA…

  • Study: Realignment Has Not Had Significant Impact On Arrest Rates

    By Marissa Cabrera and Peggy Pico Contrary to what some had feared, it looks like prison realignment has not had a significant impact on arrest rates in San Diego County. A new study by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) shows that 12 percent of adult arrests in 2012 involved someone on probation. That’s…

  • Get Trained On How to Have Your Voice Heard On San Diego’s Budget

    By Claire Trageser The Community Budget Alliance wants San Diego to adopt a concept called “participatory budgeting.” The idea is to train people to make their voices heard about what should be in the city’s budget. They’re hosting a panel on the concept at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the United Domestic Workers/American Federation of State,…

  • Survey Finds ‘Dreamers’ Politically Engaged, Benefitting From Legal Status

    By Jill Replogle Young immigrants who have been granted temporary legal status under an Obama administration program are getting their first jobs, first cars and first credit cards, according to a nationwide survey of undocumented youth, often referred to as “dreamers.” Results of the survey also suggest that most young immigrants living in the U.S.…

  • Wightman Street Park to Get Money Under Mayor’s Revised Budget

    Mayor Kevin Faulconer announces revisions to his 2015 budget at Wightman Street Neighborhood Park, May 20, 2014. | Photo Credit: Claire Trageser By Claire Trageser The revised budget proposal San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer released Tuesday has $12 million in additional revenue than he anticipated, and he wants to spend the money on parks and…