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Morning Report: LAFCO: Dissolve the Water Authority? Not Yet.
Getting rid of the San Diego County Water Authority might be the best way to address regional water costs and needs in the future. That’s what the plurality of concepts studied by the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission or LAFCO, suggest under its first audit of the county’s water wholesaler. The Water Authority fell…
Morning Report: About Those Secret Subcommittees
Recently, we’ve written about three transparency issues in county government. Supervisors have held secret subcommittee meetings behind closed doors; Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer spent $89,000 in county funds to poll-test potential ballot measures; and we sued the county because it has delayed, and refused, the release of public records. On Wednesday, County Supervisor Joel Anderson…
Morning Report: Climate Equity Fund Takes a Hit
This post has been updated. It seems like nobody is happy with Mayor Todd Gloria right now. From supporters of libraries to artists to homelessness services providers to youth advocates, everyone’s got beef with his new budget proposal. The mayor’s plan proposes deep cuts to all sorts of city programs as a way to shore…
Morning Report: Ex-Harm Reduction COO Faces More Charges
The former nonprofit executive ensnared in a county contracting scandal is now facing three new felony charges. Ex-Harm Reduction Coalition Chief Operating Officer Amy Knox has pleaded not guilty to all charges which now include allegations that she submitted a falsified $105,000 invoice to the county, filed fraudulent tax returns and stole two trips meant…
Morning Report: The Pitch to Reshape County Governance
Tomorrow, County Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer will ask fellow board members to advance a ballot measure to shift county governance to hand supervisors more power. Bureaucrats have long wielded more power in county government than they do at City Hall – and Lawson-Remer’s proposal seeks to shift the balance of power. Among the proposed changes:…
Morning Report: Schools Hit with Biggest Enrollment Drop Since Pandemic
This school year, there were 6,459 fewer students enrolled at San Diego County’s traditional public schools than last year. That 1.6 percent decline is the largest drop in enrollment since 2020, when pandemic closures led to a wave of student departures. The new numbers aren’t a surprise. They mark the 11th year in a row…
Morning Report: Supe Pitches New Polling Rules
County Supervisor Joel Anderson had some beefs with his board colleague Terra Lawson-Remer’s recent county-funded poll testing of potential ballot measures. He responded by proposing guardrails. Anderson wants county lawyers to review and sign off on county-funded polls in the future, reports our Lisa Halverstadt. He also wants the polling itself to be posted online…
Morning Report: Skyline’s Fire Station Is a Tent — Still
In the early 2010s, people were dying of gunshot wounds and overdoses in one southeastern San Diego neighborhood because emergency responders came too late. The mayor back then, Kevin Faulconer, declared the city would build a fire station in Skyline to help address emergency response times. More than a decade later, a fire truck is…
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