Tag: Tweet City Heights

  • Tweet City Heights: Mexican Migration to U.S. Slows to Trickle

    By Megan Burks Study: Just As Many Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. as Arriving Adrian Florido of KPBS reports net migration from Mexico to the United States decreased to zero between 2005 and 2010. According to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center, just as many Mexicans returned to Mexico as came to the U.S. And…

  • Tweet City Heights: Community Groups Want More Say in City Budget

    By Megan Burks Community Groups Want More Say in City Budget KPBS reported Monday some community groups are upset neighborhood councils and residents have been shut out of the preliminary phases of the city’s budget process. Each spring, the mayor releases a budget draft after consulting with city departments and staff. His office then presents…

  • Tweet City Heights: La Maestra to Build ‘Generations’ Center

    By Megan Burks Gloria Heads to Sacramento to Protect Local Canyons Current City Heights Councilman Todd Gloria headed to Sacramento Tuesday to testify before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. He advocated for the approval of Senate Bill 1169, which was written by Senator Christine Kehoe to add a layer of protection to…

  • Tweet City Heights: Deciding How to Spend Surplus, Where to Plant Trees

    By Megan Burks Catching Up On Curfew Sweeps This week, we shared a report from Speak City Heights partner voiceofsandiego.org about the questionable growth of curfew sweeps in low-income neighborhoods. In areas such as southeast San Diego and City Heights, police have tripled curfew arrests without analyzing whether they deter juvenile crime or unnecessarily introduce…

  • Tweet City Heights: African Diaspora Reacts to ‘Kony2012’ Video

    By Megan Burks Ugandans, African Diaspora React to Kony2012 Campaign Twitter, Facebook and comment boards were buzzing this week with reaction to a San Diego nonprofit’s viral video, “Kony2012.” The 30-minute video was the launch of Invisible Children’s web campaign to find and arrest Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Since the…