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Morning Report: Chaos at Civic San Diego
Civic San Diego holds a Downtown Community Planning Council meeting. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Big changes are coming at Civic San Diego, the city’s downtown development agency. Reese Jarrett, Civic’s...
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The Chula Vista Police Department Is Severely Understaffed
The Chula Vista Police Department. / Photo by Sam Hodgson There is a public safety crisis in Chula Vista. The police department has been understaffed for about a decade. It is dead last in sworn...
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Why Chula Vista Says It Needs a Second Sales Tax Hike in Two Years
Chula Vista Mayor Mary Salas / Photo by Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft In 2016, Chula Vista officials told residents the city direly needed new revenue to address its crumbling infrastructure. Now,...
View ArticleFive Big Decisions on the June Ballot
Voters who skip the June 5 primary will miss the chance to weigh in on some important local decisions. The race for San Diego district attorney is one of them. Interim DA Summer Stephan is fighting to...
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‘I Don’t Like Taxes’: Voices of the Voters in Chula Vista
Kystina Tinker voted in Chula Vista on Tuesday. / Photo by Andrew Dyer A months-long effort to increase sales taxes in Chula Vista was one of the top issues driving voter turnout at several polling...
View ArticleQuestions for the Cindy Marten Era: VOSD Radio
Didn’t make it to our conversation with incoming San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten? In the latest edition of VOSD Radio, Scott Lewis and Will Carless analyze the chat with...
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After Tax Hike, Chula Vista Struggles to Meet Promises
Chula Vista City Hall / Photo by Sam Hodgson In the middle of a Chula Vista City Council meeting last week, Councilwoman Jill Galvez announced she was firing her only aide. He was not happy. It...
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Chula Vistans Are Worried About Escalating Crime – But Crime Is Actually...
The Chula Vista Police Department / Photo by Sam Hodgson Chula Vistans are worried about escalating crime in their city. The only problem: Crime isn’t escalating in Chula Vista. The results of a survey...
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‘I’ve Lost Everything That Basically Brings Someone Joy’
Timothy Parker, owner of Chula Vista Brewery / Photo by Brittany Cruz-Fejeran Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego’s South Bay has been hit disproportionately hard. Back in May,...
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VOSD Podcast: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me (if I Have COVID)
Remember a few weeks back? Holidays were happening, Omicron was everywhere and at-home tests seemingly vanished. It sucked. At that time, free COVID-19 testing sites were popping up at trolley...
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Chula Vista’s Trash Service Debacle Should Push City Toward Possible...
It’s been three weeks since a dispute between Republic Services, a private waste disposal company, and its sanitation workers concerning better pay, safety and benefits, halted all trash collection in...
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Morning Report: San Diego OKs Street Vending Rules
The San Diego City Council approved a set of rules Tuesday for how street vendors can operate on the city’s sidewalks. The vending regulations lay out a permitting process, ban vendors from certain...
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Outsiders Are Funding Chula Vista’s Mayoral Campaigns
One of the most important elections this year in San Diego — with implications across the region — is the race for mayor in Chula Vista. And the importance of it shows in the interest it has drawn...
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Politics Report: Dem Party Chair Abruptly Goes on Leave
Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, the chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, has agreed to take a leave of absence from the party following a sexual misconduct allegation. Late Friday,...
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Chula Vista Wants a Leader Who Can Deliver Decades-old Promises and Vision...
The room inside the Montevalle Community Center in Chula Vista slowly fills with residents who want to hear from the six candidates competing to become the city’s next mayor. Some spend time mingling...
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Morning Report: We Asked, They Answered. Here’s What Chula Vistans Want From...
The race to lead San Diego’s second largest city is packed with hopeful candidates. Those running to replace now termed-out Mayor Mary Casillas Salas are set to take the reins at an interesting point...
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Chula Vista Delays New Landlord-Tenant Rules
This post originally appeared in the May 19 Morning Report. Subscribe here for free. After a marathon meeting Tuesday night, the Chula Vista City Council decided to table a pair of ordinances intended...
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Voices of the Voters: Chula Vista Mayor’s Race Top of Mind
Gabriel Guzman is ready for change. The 60-year-old Eastlake resident is increasingly concerned about the cost of living and homelessness in Chula Vista and throughout California. Early Tuesday...
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Chula Vista Mayor: McCann Leads, With Campa-Najjar and Galvez in Battle for...
Republican Councilman John McCann held a lead in the race to become the city’s next Mayor — with 31 percent of the vote — as of Wednesday morning. It’s too soon to know who will advance with him to...
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Already a Mess, Chula Vista’s ‘Capricious’ Cannabis Permit Process Scrambled...
An appellate court is forcing the city of Chula Vista to keep a cannabis company in the running for a license to operate in the city. One problem, though, is the city has no licenses left to hand out....
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