It may feel like election season just ended, but a new round of Congressional candidates are already gearing up for the June 2014 election.

City Council President Todd Gloria wishes designing a budget was as easy as playing the KPBS Budget Game.

The La Jolla Cove cleanup plan has been fast-tracked. The question is what agencies will be watching the cleanup and whether additional permits should be required.

Former San Diego City Councilman and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio today formally announced his candidacy for the 2014 race for the 52nd Congressional District.

The six unions that represent city of San Diego employees have tentatively agreed to a five-year labor deal that is expected to save the city millions of dollars and largely end a 6 percent salary cut implemented several years ago, it was announced Tuesday.

While Mayor Bob Filner's Balboa Park plans are stalled, he waded into a long-standing controversy over another park: the dog park on Fiesta Island in Mission Bay.

The city will not renew its five-year contract with MTS for overseeing San Diego's taxi industry due to complaints about poor working conditions, passenger safety and lax oversight.

The San Diego City Council heard the public's thoughts on Mayor Bob Filner's proposed budget today.

What would you change about the city budget? For each item you add, you need to make a cut to keep it balanced!

Myrtle Cole won over Dwayne Crenshaw in the race to fill an empty seat on the San Diego City Council. Lorena Gonzalez won in a landslide against Chula Vista Councilman Steve Castaneda to replace Ben Hueso, who was elected to the state Senate.

San Diego City Council District 4 candidate Myrtle Cole has strong backing from a big group of political leaders, including Mayor Bob Filner and Congressman Juan Vargas.

Dwayne Crenshaw, who is running to fill the City Council District 4 seat, touts his long history of living in and working for his district.

Large craft brewers in San Diego are one step closer to being able to build bigger tasting rooms and restaurants, thanks to a measure the City Council passed today.

On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether to allow breweries to have attached restaurants or tasting rooms.

San Diego's exports are far behind where they could be, a new report finds.

The San Diego City Council and Mayor Bob Filner could be headed for another conflict, this time over the mayor’s proposal to cut 13 employees from the City Attorney’s office.

The San Diego Convention Center Corp. is developing plans to deal with a $31.1 million backlog of capital maintenance and equipment needs, CEO Carol Wallace told the City Council today.

A proposed $1.4 million spending reduction in the office of San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith failed to find broad support on the City Council today during a review of Mayor Bob Filner's budget proposal.

The final months of high school are meant to be a special time for seniors. Rituals like graduation, yearbook and prom mark the passage from one phase of life to the next. But they also bring lots of added costs.

This week, the San Diego City Council will begin reviewing Mayor Bob Filner’s initial budget proposal, department by department.

City Council President Todd Gloria today expressed tentative support for a Balboa Park traffic management plan proposed recently by Mayor Bob Filner.

Redevelopment agencies are a thing of the past in California. So what happens to the areas that were being held for their projects?

Some argue the high cost and low turnout in the recent 40th Senate District and City Council special elections mean special elections should not be held at all.

Does the derailment of some of former Mayor Jerry Sanders' accomplishments, including Plaza de Panama, pension reform and a balanced budget, tarnish his mayoral legacy?

A draft medical marijuana ordinance coming before the City Council on Monday so far has the medical marijuana community’s support.

The San Diego City Attorney's Office released a list today of what it says are specific employees targeted by Mayor Bob Filner for layoffs.

Five out of seven of the candidates who were eliminated in the City Council District 4 primary endorsed Dwayne Crenshaw in the district's runoff today.

Mayor Bob Filner's proposal for a five-year labor agreement with City of San Diego employees as part of his budget plans received tentative verbal support from the City Council today.

What exactly do those terms in San Diego's budget mean? Here's a list of definitions.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner released his first budget proposal today. He aims to increase spending for neighborhood services and public safety.

Mayor Bob Filner signed an agreement with San Diego's Tourism Marketing District before the San Diego City Council's vote on the ongoing conflict.

Because no consensus has been reached, the San Diego City Council voted today to continue discussion on a contract between the city and the Tourism Marketing District next week.

The San Diego City Council this week will take up two issues that have been points of contention for Mayor Bob Filner.

An analysis from a local think tank on who voted and where in the City Council District 4 special election reveals some surprising shifts in San Diego neighborhoods.

San Diego will host the first ever American Laughing Championship on Saturday.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner announced late Wednesday that Donna Frye has left her post as the city's director of open government.

Mayor Bob Filner told a crowd at a Cesar Chavez Day rally that he supports Myrtle Cole for City Council District 4.

When organizers of the American Laughing Championships were planning their laughing competition in San Diego, they Googled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and decided he needed to receive an award as well.

Kathy Casey is holding a check from the city of San Diego in her hands. She’s been working for four years to get this money.

Mayor Bob Filner, the City Council and the board of the Tourism Marketing District have agreed on a revised operating agreement.

A new report shows “specialty pay” increased by 60 percent between 2000 and 2011 in 16 San Diego County cities.

The San Diego City Council today approved a resolution requiring Mayor Bob Filner to sign a TMD agreement, even though a judge has ruled the mayor can withhold his signature.

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and former City Councilman and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio talked about the future of pension reform Thursday morning.

As Congress and the White House continue to work on a comprehensive immigration-reform package, a coalition of San Diego leaders today are launching a joint local campaign.

San Diego police had a day-long crackdown on pedestrians Thursday, and while police said they wouldn’t be handing out many tickets, that turned out not to be true.

San Diego police launched a daylong enforcement sweep targeting violations on the part of people walking, jogging, bicycling and skateboarding on city streets.

The San Diego City Council will decide Tuesday whether to approve a resolution calling for enhancements to bike safety. But while a local bike group helped get the resolution started, they aren’t entirely happy with what it says.

The San Diego Unified School District must have whiplash.

The city of San Diego said downtown residents who were overcharged on their property taxes would get their money back. But nothing has happened yet.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner showed up unannounced to a press conference today and got into a heated debate with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.