Tag: 2016 Election
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Tracking District 9 Voter Registration
In San Diego County, registration is already higher than it was in the month before the 2008 general election, when a record number of Americans went to the polls and elected President Barack Obama. As of May 15, 1,501,148 county residents had registered. That’s compared to 1,409,229 in October 2008. Last month, Secretary of State…
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San Diego’s D9 City Council Candidates – All of Them – Want to Bring Back City Pensions
Four years after voters closed the city’s public employee pension system, every candidate for City Council District 9 says the city should give pensions to at least some new city employees. One of them even offered a path to reinstating them that he was later forced to retract. Proposition B, the 2012 ballot measure, froze…
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A San Diego Refugee and Real Estate Professional Talk Politics
By Megan Burks Mariam Ali recalls trying to rent an apartment when she arrived in San Diego 25 years ago after fleeing Somalia. She was receiving public housing assistance. “The white guy came and he was like, ‘Do you work?’ I said, ‘No, I’m not working. I receive government assistance.’ And he was like, ‘Oh,…
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Council District 9 Candidates: No to Stadium, Yes to Sanctuary City
The four candidates running to replace San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald met at a forum Wednesday night and agreed on most of issues, from not using public money on a football stadium to boosting homeless services to making San Diego a sanctuary city. The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, was at the…
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Who’s the Establishment Candidate in San Diego Council District 9?
By Megan Burks The neighborhoods that make up San Diego’s City Council District 9 have stark differences. Low-income residents in City Heights and Southcrest share their council member with upper-middle class residents in Kensington and the College Area. The four Democrats running in the June 7 election to represent those communities aren’t as distinctive, yet…