Tag: Voice of San Diego
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City Council Approves Inclusionary Housing Update
This post originally appeared in the Dec. 11 Morning Report. Get the Morning Report delivered to your inbox. The City Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday to update an affordable housing mandate that City Council President Georgette Gómez made her top priority this year.
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Quiet D9 Race Is Suddenly Getting Rough
This post originally appeared in the Dec. 7 Politics Report. Get the Politics Report delivered to your inbox. For two weeks now, Kelvin Barrios, a labor organizer and former Georgette Gómez staffer, has had to answer accusations about misspent funds during a school board campaign for which he was a consultant, and from his time as treasurer for…
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Post-Legalization, Marijuana Enforcement Still Hits Minorities Harder
While the number of arrests and tickets for marijuana crimes has decreased since California legalized recreational marijuana, the defendants are still disproportionately people of color. In San Diego, charges often fall on minority children and teens.
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Uncertainty Looms for Many Renters Before Statewide Protections Kick in
A new law capping rent increases across the state doesn’t kick in until Jan. 1. In the meantime, some tenants across the city say they’re being forced to choose between leaving their homes or swallowing big rent hikes.
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Under the Travel Ban, a Qualcomm Engineer Has Struggled to Bring His Sick Father to the U.S.
Sawyer Mirage, an engineer at Qualcomm, was able to successfully bring his mother from Iran to the United States. But his father’s visa has been held up in limbo, leaving the 75-year-old man alone in Iran with no one to care for him.