
Even under pandemic rules, California expects people in long-term care to pay for their Medicaid benefits
Some Medi-Cal members in long-term healthcare are being charged their entire monthly income — except for $35.

Sempra investors vote in support of executive raises amid protests over SDG&E rates
The pay increases for Sempra executives came at a time of soaring profits for the company, which owns San Diego Gas & Electric.

‘It’s been a long haul’: Witness one guest’s struggle to exit a COVID-19 hotel shelter
Linda McDowell is one of dozens who still remain at a county-run hotel in Old Town. She only has a few weeks to find housing.

inewsource launches education, infrastructure and environment beats with Report for America journalists
Two new Report for America corps members will join inewsource’s investigative reporting team in June. Meet our new staff.

San Diego County scrambles to continue troubled COVID-19 hotel program
Guests staying at a hotel run by San Diego County to help shelter people from COVID-19 will have to leave a month sooner than expected.

SANDAG CEO responds to credit card misuse, toll road mistake: ‘The buck stops with me’
The head of the San Diego Association of Governments has responded to recent financial controversies, including extravagant taxpayer-funded meals.

San Diego County launches immigrant defense program: What you need to know 
The county has budgeted $5 million in the program’s first year to pay for services provided by three legal nonprofits.

County health clinics turn away undocumented San Diegans without IDs, advocates say
At vaccine clinics in San Marcos and Escondido, advocates said the county has made vaccinating the community more difficult by requiring a photo ID.
COVID-19

COVID-19 cases at San Diego’s ICE detention center reach all-time high
An ACLU attorney says there are more than 500 medically vulnerable detainees housed at the Otay Mesa ICE detention center.
GOVERNMENT

Kicked out for repairs: How San Diego, Chula Vista plan to curb evictions
Hundreds of tenants in San Diego County are caught in a wave of no-fault evictions. Officials want to keep landlords from abusing the system.

San Diego officers violated state regs, locked youth in rooms for hours without explanation, inspectors find
The probation department’s practices violated California regulations for juvenile detention centers, a state report shows.

Disconnected South Bay toll stations cost SANDAG $1.8 million in lost revenue
Supervisors at the San Diego Association of Governments noticed the non-functioning equipment, but failed to take action, according to officials.

After a pandemic dip, San Diego experts warn STDs could keep rising
San Diego health experts expect rates of sexually transmitted diseases to continue to rise. Some communities are at higher risk than others.