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Rani Gupta reports on politics and local government for voiceofsandiego.org. She previously spent a year as an education reporter at The Californian/North County Times. Prior to moving to California, Rani worked for three years as a staff writer for The Palm Beach Post in Florida and spent a year as a journalism fellow at The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Va. A native of Illinois, Rani graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and economics.



Schools Spell Out Rules on Fees:

 

You can't mandate that kids buy books, uniforms or other supplies for a school activity -- even if it's an extracurricular.

Friday, November 20 -- 12:14 pm

Bright and Early:

 

College controversies, getting cash at your local high school and why Obama hearts preschool.

Friday, November 20 -- 8:14 am

Morning Report: Not Every Big User Cuts Water Use:

 

What the city giveth, the Navy taketh away.

Friday, November 20 -- 6:16 am


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Labor Council Takes Lumps at City Hall Despite Gains

— Since spearheading major election wins last year, organized labor has come up short on some high-profile decisions.

Questions Tail Schoobrary As It Gains Political Momentum

— A proposal to put a charter school in a library has raised a torrent of questions and could lead to the unusual situation of a school district starting a charter school.

City Budget: Just Wait Until Next Year

— Despite closing an $83 million gap for the upcoming budget year, San Diego could face an even greater shortfall in 2011.

How the Library Became a Schoobrary

— Get up to speed on the long road the downtown library plans travelled in the last decade before they came to include a charter high school.

Italiano Out, Union Probe Forwarded to DA

— The longtime leader of City Hall's biggest union first faced allegations of credit-card misuse three years ago, and the union says an investigation found the practice continued.

When Is a Majority Vote Not a Majority Vote?

— Labor unions called City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's opinion on DROP flawed, but he has a supporter in Mike Aguirre.

Divided Council Backs Burdick for Port

— Touted as a compromise candidate without an agenda, Lee Burdick wins the sought-after spot over more polarizing nominees.

City's Tab for the Downtown Library: $17M and Growing

— As the project has stretched on for more than a decade, San Diego's costs have piled up.

Mayor Backs Away from Financial Pledges

— Sanders had pinpointed eight areas critical to San Diego's financial health and vowed to sink money into them at an unprecedented rate.

It's $54 Million. No, Wait, $60 Million. ... OK, OK, Maybe More

— San Diego has repeatedly overestimated revenue projections and therefore underestimated the budget hole. A new estimate is due out Monday.

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