San Diego Government

It may get dirty deciding who will manage the Miramar Landfill in the future. The full San Diego City Council will now weigh in on the issue.

San Diego’s trash will soon become a source of power for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

A competitive swim team in San Diego’s Logan Heights neighborhood is back in the water. A donation from a local foundation is keeping the team afloat after its funding dried up.

San Diego City Council wants to go high-tech and they want the public's help.

Redistricting could dramatically change the political landscape in San Diego. We discuss the potential changes in the works for our congressional, county-supervisor, and state-legislative districts. Plus, hear the latest on efforts to create a ninth council district in the City of San Diego.

Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed the newly passed California budget, saying it doesn't meet the needs of the state.

Last week, the Rules Committee of the San Diego City Council declined to support the controversial "Jacobs Plan" to remove cars from the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park by building a road around the Museum of Man. What is plan B for removing cars from the Plaza by 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Panama-California Exposition?

Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama will be overhauled by the 2015 Centennial Celebration. A San Diego Councilman is making that vow even though elaborate plans for the plaza have stalled.

The race to become the next mayor of San Diego is heating up. Democratic Congressman Bob Filner officially threw his hat in the ring yesterday. Filner joins a field that includes Republicans Bonnie Dumanis, Nathan Fletcher and Carl DeMaio. State Senator Christine Kehoe is also considering running for mayor in 2012. Who else could join party? And, what do each of the official candidates bring to the race? We speak to San Diego Mesa College Political Science Professor Carl Luna about the mayor's race.

Recreational swim teams in San Diego made it through a wave of budget cuts this year. But one team could still see its funding go down the drain.