Tag: Voice of San Diego
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Little Saigon Must Remain Part of City Heights
After a decade and a new census, San Diego is changing the lines of its city districts. Now, more than ever, neighborhoods need to stand united in voicing their values, priorities and the needs for representation to their elected officials. When they are separated and divided, their collective power is diluted and their community interests…
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A New Window Into How San Diego Schools Are Performing
A student at Edison Elementary reads a book during class in February 2020. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Some schools in San Diego County, like Edison Elementary in City Heights, are achieving surprising results in closing the achievement gap. But looking at raw test scores alone, it would be hard to tell. Roughly 95 percent…
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Gómez ‘Pausing’ Barrios Support Amid Criminal Investigation
Council President Georgette Gómez and Candidate Kelvin Barrios / Photos by Megan Wood San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez said Wednesday she is halting any involvement in Barrios’ candidacy, pending the completion of the DA’s investigation.
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Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego
Illustration by Adriana Heldiz In the closing months of his administration, Mayor Kevin Faulconer is pushing a major housing reform that would make it easier for developers to build taller buildings with rent-controlled apartments near transit, riling community groups. What the plan would not do, though, is touch the vast swaths of the city in…
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Black MTS Riders Cited Disproportionately
Black Metropolitan Transit System riders make up less than 15 percent of the system’s ridership but receive nearly a third of all quality of life citations. Black riders are also overrepresented among those ticketed dozens of times each.