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Migrant Children at San Diego Convention Center to Receive In-Person Teaching

March 30, 2021 5:59 pmMarch 30, 2021 7:11 pm

The San Diego County Board of Education announced Tuesday they would be sending California public school teachers to the temporary migrant center at the San Diego Convention Center, to teach the hundreds of migrant children who crossed into the country...

San Diego Mayor Announces New Homeless Camp Cleanup Rules

March 29, 2021 5:27 pm

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced Monday that the city would be making significant changes to how it conducts homeless camp clean-ups. According to Mayor Gloria, the new changes were developed by the Mayor’s office and the San Diego Homelessness...

AG Becerra Intervenes In San Diego County Housing Development Case Over Wildfire Concerns

March 18, 2021 7:43 pm

On Wednesday, outgoing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed motions in the lawsuits over San Diego County’s approval over the 36 square mile Otay Ranch development site. The Otay Ranch development, which would add over 3,000 single family residential units,...

San Diego County Announces $100 Million Rental, Utility Grant Program

February 24, 2021 3:04 pm

San Diego County officials announced Tuesday the creation of a $100 million rental and utility grant program. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is primarily targeted at assisting low-income renters in the County who have been affected by the COVID-19...

State Auditor Releases Scathing Audit of the Failure to Mitigate Homelessness in California

February 18, 2021 12:43 pmFebruary 19, 2021 10:23 am

California State Auditor Elaine Howle recently released a rather scathing audit of the management or mismanagement of Homelessness in California. She said that the state continues to have the largest homeless population in the nation “likely in part because its...

Former SD Mayor Kevin Faulconer Formally Confirms Candidacy For Governor

February 1, 2021 9:04 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:19 pm

On Monday, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer formally confirmed that he will be running for Governor in 2022, or in event of a recall, 2021. Faulconer, who was on the San Diego City Council from 2006 to 2014, and...

San Diego School Superintendent Cindy Marten Named As Biden’s Next Deputy Education Secretary

January 18, 2021 3:39 pmJanuary 18, 2021 3:47 pm

San Diego United School District (SDUSD) Superintendent Cindy Marten was named by President-elect Joe Biden Monday, as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and UC San Diego-educated Marten has worked as an educator...