A coalition of labor and advocacy groups want to increase the countywide sales-tax by a half cent to shield San Diegans from cuts pushed by the Trump administration and address […]

A downtown San Diego Jack in the Box disabled a water sprinkler anti-loitering system after ABC 10News started asking questions.

This post has been updated. If you’re reading this, it’s quite possible you waited until the last minute to research candidates, measures and propositions on the November ballot. Or you’re […]

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan says there are things his city and San Diego can learn from each other about how to approach homelessness

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For half a decade at least, tenants at the Bankers Hill apartment complex La Suzanna paid a flat rate for utilities: $60 a month. Then, late last year, it all […]

Welcome to the AccessFest 2026 schedule! Browse sessions and speakers.

Every election, Voice of San Diego reporters get asked by people they know, “How should we vote on X?” Well, we can’t tell you how to vote. But we can […]

The coalition behind a ballot measure to raise sales taxes are touting what it can do for wildfire prevention and South County’s sewage crisis. But detractors note the vast majority of the money will ...

San Diego City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera and County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe took turns criticizing City Council candidate Martha Abraham for accepting support from San Diego United Com...

County supervisors had a very busy Thursday…and a baby on board for the action. With her five-week-old baby in tow, Chair Terra Lawson-Remer presided over major votes on the county’s […]

The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.

The commission’s chair said it voted to suspend operations, not resign, because the work was too important to walk away from entirely.

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Armed with housing data and complaints, this San Diegan is looking for apartment complexes converted into short-term rentals.

The county auto-deleted whistleblower emails before a criminal embezzlement scandal involving an ex-county contractor.

An audit on city towing practices and a viral story about two homeless mothers whose vehicles were towed are fueling debate over the efficacy of impounding vehicles serving as makeshift homes.

County supervisors are calling for change after records sought by Voice of San Diego revealed misconduct in the county’s Behavioral Health Services Department.

The county spent more than a year fighting the release of behavioral health misconduct records that have since created a firestorm. The county fired its behavioral health director and pledged […]

For more than a year, the county and Voice of San Diego battled in court over explosive behavioral health misconduct records.

For over six decades, Head Start has been giving children aged 0-5 and their families access to education, healthcare and social services. But a proposed federal reform could make it harder for childr...

San Diego housing officials for years approved rent increases without first ensuring they complied with state law. That has changed.

Change came fast and furious for the Christian Law Enforcement Fellowship.   A little over a week ago, our Jakob McWhinney revealed that the organization, which provided Christian counseling to […]

Airbnb spent more than $672,000 to help keep a tax on vacation rentals Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera proposed off the ballot early this year. All of that spending in just four […]

Monarch School, which serves homeless students, was vacated due to mold concerns. A leaker claims staff brought those concerns to leadership at least a year ago.

Supes Paloma Aguirre and Terra Lawson-Remer want the county to pay for treating the entire Tijuana River because, they say, that’s their job.

County school officials have relocated students and staff from Monarch School in Barrio Logan to alternate locations.

Youth advocates say court officials should reverse their decision to withhold office space and other support from the Juvenile Justice Commission.