Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Public hearings on San Diego County’s proposed $6.4 billion budget kicked off Monday morning with several people saying the Sheriff’s Department should be defunded and more should be done for social justice and law enforcement reform.While the budget proposal includes funds for social justice programs, some of the roughly 20 speakers said the gesture was mere lip-service to the issue and did not go far enough.“The will and the voice of the people is clear at this moment in time, and the county budget doesn’t fully...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Public hearings on San Diego County’s proposed $6.4 billion budget kicked off Monday morning with several people saying the Sheriff’s Department should be defunded and more should be done for social justice and law enforcement reform.While the budget proposal includes funds for social justice programs, some of the roughly 20 speakers said the gesture was mere lip-service to the issue and did not go far enough.“The will and the voice of the people is clear at this moment in time, and the county budget doesn’t fully...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement California will begin the first steps in easing .The latest changes in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four-stage plan to gradually reopen the state expand decision-making at the local level, allowing some communities to move further ahead into the second phase of the reopening process at their own pace and open more businesses beyond those outlined in the statewide policy.The changes will affect a small set of businesses at first and are unlikely to jump-start the coronavirus-battered economy in a significant way.But officials say it’s a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement California will begin the first steps in easing .The latest changes in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four-stage plan to gradually reopen the state expand decision-making at the local level, allowing some communities to move further ahead into the second phase of the reopening process at their own pace and open more businesses beyond those outlined in the statewide policy.The changes will affect a small set of businesses at first and are unlikely to jump-start the coronavirus-battered economy in a significant way.But officials say it’s a...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement California chapters of a group focused on national security are calling on the State Assembly to expel member Randy Voepel, R-Santee, for comments he made following the siege on the U.S. Capitol last week.“This is Lexington and Concord. First shots fired against tyranny,” Voepel said in a that ran three days after the Capitol riot which left five people dead, including a San Diego woman. “Tyranny will follow in the aftermath of the Biden swear-in on January 20th,” Voepel said.He later tweeted that he condemned...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement California chapters of a group focused on national security are calling on the State Assembly to expel member Randy Voepel, R-Santee, for comments he made following the siege on the U.S. Capitol last week.“This is Lexington and Concord. First shots fired against tyranny,” Voepel said in a that ran three days after the Capitol riot which left five people dead, including a San Diego woman. “Tyranny will follow in the aftermath of the Biden swear-in on January 20th,” Voepel said.He later tweeted that he condemned...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Lekeita Smith has a steady job, a positive attitude, five children and, her friends say, an infectious laugh.What she doesn’t have is a home. “I’ve been trying and trying,” she said recently. “The cost of living out here is so expensive.”AdvertisementSmith said she became homeless after losing her job at an Oceanside bakery three years ago. She has another job these days, but at $13 an hour she hasn’t been able to afford a room. She spends nights sleeping behind a car dealership in Pacific Beach before catching a...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Lekeita Smith has a steady job, a positive attitude, five children and, her friends say, an infectious laugh.What she doesn’t have is a home. “I’ve been trying and trying,” she said recently. “The cost of living out here is so expensive.”AdvertisementSmith said she became homeless after losing her job at an Oceanside bakery three years ago. She has another job these days, but at $13 an hour she hasn’t been able to afford a room. She spends nights sleeping behind a car dealership in Pacific Beach before catching a...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement About half of the 900 homeless people sheltered at the San Diego Convention Center are scheduled to move out of the venue and into permanent homes next week with the remainder expected to leave the following week, a city official said Tuesday.San Diego Housing Commission President and CEO Rick Gentry said the city finalized the purchase of two extended-stay hotels last Wednesday, and 400 people now at the Convention Center’s Shelter to Home program will begin moving in next week.Gentry and other city officials on...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement About half of the 900 homeless people sheltered at the San Diego Convention Center are scheduled to move out of the venue and into permanent homes next week with the remainder expected to leave the following week, a city official said Tuesday.San Diego Housing Commission President and CEO Rick Gentry said the city finalized the purchase of two extended-stay hotels last Wednesday, and 400 people now at the Convention Center’s Shelter to Home program will begin moving in next week.Gentry and other city officials on...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Data released Tuesday by San Diego County show that positive coronavirus tests among San Diego State University students were a decisive factor in putting the region at risk of becoming the first county in California to drop a level in the state’s reopening tier system.San Diego County was listed with a new case rate of 7.9 in an updated report from the California Department of Public Health. It is a number far enough over the limit of 7.0 cases per 100,000 residents to trigger a fall, provided a similarly...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Data released Tuesday by San Diego County show that positive coronavirus tests among San Diego State University students were a decisive factor in putting the region at risk of becoming the first county in California to drop a level in the state’s reopening tier system.San Diego County was listed with a new case rate of 7.9 in an updated report from the California Department of Public Health. It is a number far enough over the limit of 7.0 cases per 100,000 residents to trigger a fall, provided a similarly...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Data released Tuesday by San Diego County show that positive coronavirus tests among San Diego State University students were a decisive factor in putting the region at risk of becoming the first county in California to drop a level in the state’s reopening tier system.San Diego County was listed with a new case rate of 7.9 in an updated report from the California Department of Public Health. It is a number far enough over the limit of 7.0 cases per 100,000 residents to trigger a fall, provided a similarly...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Data released Tuesday by San Diego County show that positive coronavirus tests among San Diego State University students were a decisive factor in putting the region at risk of becoming the first county in California to drop a level in the state’s reopening tier system.San Diego County was listed with a new case rate of 7.9 in an updated report from the California Department of Public Health. It is a number far enough over the limit of 7.0 cases per 100,000 residents to trigger a fall, provided a similarly...WW…