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The revised proposed budget, released last week, found additional revenue sources to help preserve some library and recreation center hours, shoreline bathrooms and "December Nights," but arts could still be gutted if the revision passes.
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Studies have shown that cell phone use is a serious distraction for students that affects their mental health, social-emotional development and ability to concentrate in class.
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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said while the city is facing a budget deficit, this project was 10 years in the making and most of the funds are coming from a state grant.
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Parents have had concerns about the charter school’s German language program and the dismissal of the elementary school principal.
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Under new rules, plastic producers have to cut single use plastic, increase recycling rates and pay $5 billion to remedy harms from plastic pollution. Plastic producers have until June to come up with a plan for how they’re meeting state mandates.
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Roughly 600,000 Californians still lack access to safe and reliable drinking water supplies. The problem will cost billions to fix. So why is the Newsom administration considering a climate overhaul that could gut a key source of funding?
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The federal government’s annual “point-in-time” homelessness count is used by city and county governments across the country to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets.
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The plaintiffs allege the fees violate Proposition 218, a state ballot measure that holds utility fees cannot exceed the costs of providing those services.
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San Diego’s trolley is one of only a few rail systems in America that doesn’t have fare gates or turnstiles at its stations, and City Council Member Sean Elo-Rivera is rethinking this configuration as the agency faces a fiscal cliff.
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Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Or companies with anti-union records? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.
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