No, a New Stadium Isn’t Good for the Economy
When San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf launched into her reasons for voting for a $2 million environmental review for a Chargers stadium that might never be built, you could tell it was coming....
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City Council Republicans Call for Council Leadership Selection Overhaul
City Councilman Scott Sherman / Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle City Councilman Scott Sherman and fellow Republicans want to dump a City Council president selection process that’s repeatedly roiled the City...
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Politics Report: Ward Predicts SDSU and SoccerCity Mutual Destruction
Our managing editor, Sara Libby, is out on maternity leave for a couple months. We’ll let her weekly column, What We Learned This Week, go on hiatus until she’s back. To fill in we’re going to do a...
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Politics Report: What the Mayor Didn’t Say in His Big Speech
File: Mayor Kevin Faulconer delivers his 2017 State of the City speech. / Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle One of my favorite things we do is our annual annotated copy of Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s State of the...
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Politics Report: Sports Arena Intrigue
The Valley View Casino Center / Image via Google Maps Regular listeners of our podcast know that we’re obsessed with polls and joyous when pollsters call us. The next best thing is when someone passes...
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Politics Report: School Bored
Mike McQuary / Photo by Sam Hodgson In just a little over a week, candidates can start gathering signatures to qualify a campaign to be one of the five trustees of the San Diego Unified School...
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New Plan Would Add Density, Jobs to Midway District – if it Can Clear One...
City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf / Photo by Sam Hodgson A new community plan for the Midway-Pacific Highway area is heading for City Council approval. Unlike recent plans for other neighborhoods that only...
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VOSD Podcast: In the Race for D2, Zapf and Campbell Agree on a Lot
Candidate Jen Campbell (left) and Councilwoman Lorie Zapf are running to represent District 2 on the San Diego City Council. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz During election season, voters often have a hard...
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Hyper-Local Issues Give Way to National Ones in the Hotly Contested Race for D2
Candidate Jen Campbell (left) and Councilwoman Lorie Zapf are running to represent District 2 on the San Diego City Council / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Late last week, Councilwoman Lorie Zapf’s...
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‘It’s a Beach Community But We Could Use a Facelift’: Voices of the Voters in...
The Mission Beach Women’s Club served as a polling place on Election Day. / Photo by Kayla Jimenez Voters in Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach went to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on the District 2 City...
View ArticleFriday Five: Election Results, Lame Duck Mayor and More
Here are Scott Lewis’ five things you need to know about for the week of Nov. 3-9: SDSU is on the hook to make good on these promises now that Measure G passed. The city attorney believes Measure G is...
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After Election Mauling, San Diego’s Free Market Fans Wonder if the GOP Is...
Trump supporters appear at an Election Night party at the US Grant Hotel. / Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle At the end of November, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer called a meeting at the US Grant Hotel...
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