City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera said second homes and full-time vacation rentals are an untapped resource for solving the city's budget deficit.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how automated plate readers are used. He said the regulations would have impeded criminal investigations. -
In an extraordinary Sunday night hearing, federal District Judge Karin Immergut temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized troops from any state to Oregon. -
Measure C got 65.25% of the vote in 2020, short of the two-thirds majority listed on the ballot to pass, but the Court of Appeals ruling said that was plenty. According to the California constitution, tax hikes can be approved with a simple majority. -
Mayor Bill Wells said, "I make no apologies for protecting our residents!" -
Prop 50 has already become one of the most expensive ballot measures in recent state history. -
The closures will impact southbound Interstate 805 between East Naples Street and Bonita Road between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. each night until Friday so that crews can safely do bridge construction. -
Gardeners say they were told they have 60 days to vacate the property. Many whose livelihoods depend on the garden say they don’t know where to go. -
Access to youth sports and athletic fields in Jacumba has been a problem for years, but community members have plans to open a soccer field in the Jacumba Community Park. -
In the suit, filed Sept. 29 in San Diego Superior Court, billionaire couple Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine, through LLFO Sports Holdings, LLC, allege Ellis, former club president, willfully made "promises, guarantees, and assurances" during negotiations "with the intent to deceive and defraud" them. -
The average Democratic lawmaker missed close to 100 votes on bills this year. Republicans miss even more votes, despite, on average, casting a “no” vote 53 times more than the average Democrat. The minority party’s 30 lawmakers missed an average of nearly 400 votes this year, the analysis found.
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