Big city mayors, led by San Diego Mayor Gloria, ask Newsom for $1B in homeless funding – NBC 7 San Diego
A coalition of mayors from the state’s largest cities, including San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Tuesday visited Sacramento to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom and the legislature to make permanent funding homelessness services across California. The Big City Mayors coalition, chaired by Gloria, requested Newsom and legislators avoid making cuts to the Homelessness Housing, Assistance and […]
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Mayor reveals $5.65 billion budget, one-time cuts to prevent service losses – NBC 7 San Diego
Mayor Todd Gloria Friday revealed his proposed $5.65 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, a spending plan that’s focused on continuing city improvements and avoiding major service losses amid a difficult economic time. “This proposed budget is on-time, balanced and will continue the business of moving San Diego forward,” Gloria said Friday morning in a […]
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Column: Arkansas needs to appreciate next basketball coach, not vice versa
Arkansas isn’t what Arkansas basketball fans think it is. Eric Musselman proved as much late last week when he skedaddled out of Fayetteville for University Park, Los Angeles, to become the next USC basketball coach. The place is basically home to Musselman, who grew up in San Diego and went to the University of San […]
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Henry Foster III takes big lead in San Diego City Council District 4 campaign – NBC 7 San Diego | #citycouncil
Henry Foster III, chief of staff for County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, took a big lead on election night, pulling in 53.6% of the vote in the San Diego City Council District 4 seat — his boss’ old position. Chida Warren-Darby, a boards and commissions director, is second with 27.3% of the vote, followed by […]
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San Diego City Council agrees to pay $3M to family of cyclist killed hitting city truck – NBC 7 San Diego | #citycouncil
The San Diego City Council passed a $2.95 million settlement agreement Tuesday to pay the family of Hossein Samadi, who fatally struck a city truck more than three years ago. Samadi, 42, was cycling with a friend on Carmel Valley Road on Sept. 25, 2020, when he hit a city truck that was parked in […]
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San Diego mayor candidate Larry Turner residency lawsuit trial date set
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A handful of supporters for mayoral candidate Larry Turner held a demonstration outside City Hall Tuesday morning as a date for a civil trial in the lawsuit challenging his residency in San Diego was set by a judge for several weeks after election day. The attorney who brought the case, […]
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City Council – NBC 7 San Diego | #citycouncil
San Diego City Council on Monday approved Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposal to waive fees for building and demolition permits as well as waste disposal associated with recovery from historic storm damage over the past several weeks. Gloria’s proposal was made to the city’s Development Services and Environmental Services Departments. The proposal would also reimburse recycling […]
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Mayor Gloria proposes waiving storm-related rebuilding fees for San Diegans – NBC 7 San Diego
Mayor Todd Gloria Friday proposed the city’s Development Services and Environmental Services Departments to waive fees for building and demolition permits and waste disposal associated with recovery from storm damage over the past several weeks. Gloria’s proposal — set to be presented to the City Council on Monday — would also reimburse recycling costs associated […]
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San Diego City Council approves changes to surveillance technology ordinance – NBC 7 San Diego | #citycouncil
The San Diego City Council has approved more than a dozen amendments to a city ordinance intended to provide oversight on technologies used by city employees. The council voted 6-2 in favor of the amendments to the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology Ordinance during a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. Some of the amendments, […]
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Candidate for CV City Council Misleads as ‘Legal Professional’ | #citycouncil
By Arturo CastañaresEditor-at-Large A candidate for the Chula Vista City Council refers to herself as a legal professional and to her legal practice even though she is not a licensed attorney, becoming the second recent candidate to embellish their background in hopes of gaining a political advantage in the county’s second-largest city. Leticia Munguia claims […]
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