Tag: Free Bus Passes

  • Mid-City’s ‘Year of Funding’

    A City Heights resident and member of community nonprofit Mid-City CAN advocates for funding during a June 2013 budget hearing. | Photo Credit: Adam Ward, Mid-City CAN By Megan Burks Council district and mayoral elections made 2012 the year of campaign promises in City Heights. District 9 Councilwoman Marti Emerald and former Mayor Bob Filner…

  • What City Heights Can Expect in a Post-Filner San Diego

    Marti Emerald | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks The candidates to replace former Mayor Bob Filner are lining up to make their appeals to neighborhoods. Nathan Fletcher told Voice of San Diego last week he’d keep the focus on communities alive. Councilman Kevin Faulconer made a similar pitch Wednesday morning when announcing his…

  • City Heights Youth Visit Sacramento to Advocate for Change

    By Adam Ward Sitting in a classroom with a table so uneven that books had to be used to prop it up. Having to ride a skateboard all the way from City Heights to get a glimpse of the beach. Making a choice between participating in afterschool activities and feeling unsafe on the streets. Twelve…

  • City Budget a Boon for Mid-City

    Mid-City CAN Youth Council members and supporters show their support for free student bus passes called the Youth Opportunity Pass at the City Council meeting June 10. | Photo Courtesy of Mid-City CAN. By Bianca Bruno The work done by City Heights advocates to access funding for their community has not been done in vain.…

  • Public Weighs in on Bus Passes, Bike Lanes at Budget Hearing

    City Council President Todd Gloria looks out at the people filling the San Diego City Council chambers for the public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. | Photo Credit: Todd Gloria, Twitter By Claire Trageser More than 300 people turned out Wednesday night to share their thoughts on Mayor Bob Filner’s proposed budget for…