The City Council voted unanimously Monday to put an amendment before voters on a vaguely worded and long-ignored transparency law requiring anyone doing business with the city to disclose their identities.
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San Diego voters overwhelmingly favored Measure J. Here’s what it took to get there.
More than 85 percent of the San Diegans who voted Tuesday on Measure J approved it. That means billions of dollars in city contracts, purchases, sales and leases with private companies will become more transparent. Again.
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New law in San Diego firms up government transparency
After a series of inewsource investigative reports, San Diego has fixed a vaguely worded financial disclosure law called Section 225 of the city charter.
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San Diego makes big stride toward government transparency
After more than a year of inewsource stories on the topic, the San Diego Rules Committee on Wednesday firmed up a vague law called Section 225 that mandates everyone doing business with the city disclose the financial interests behind the deal.
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Measure J: City Business Transparency
If passed, this measure requires companies doing business with the city to disclose all the people associated with the transaction who have a significant interest in the sale or purchase.
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San Diego contracts, business deals closer to transparency
The San Diego City Council and Mayor’s Office are fixing a law meant to make business between local government and private companies more transparent.
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inewsource wins 19 awards in 2018 San Diego SPJ contest
inewsource journalists were honored with 19 awards Tuesday night from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Fix to San Diego’s long-ignored transparency law to go on November 2018 ballot
San Diego’s most-ignored law has a fix in site. In the meantime, the city is working on an ordinance to jumpstart the process.
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Financial interests behind San Diego deals worth billions still undisclosed
Despite overwhelming voter approval in 1992, three separate city attorney recommendations and an inewsource investigation, the city of San Diego is still not following a law mandating government transparency.
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The Weekender for August 4, 2018
Here’s a roundup of everything we worked on this week, including a San Diego business transparency measure and Mello-Roos tax map.
