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Taxpayers in the San Ysidro School District paid Superintendent Julio Fonseca, who resigned last month, at least $1 million in total compensation for 26 months of work in one of San Diego County’s poorest school districts. inewsource is the first to detail Fonseca’s compensation from his time in San Ysidro, including two little-known perks for life insurance and health care. ... Read More »
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. Read More »
After a posting for the position appeared online last week, the IRC's national office confirmed the San Diego executive director is no longer with the agency. Read More »
The International Rescue Committee says it has found problems with the way its San Diego branch placed refugees in rental housing. Read More »
In the past 12 months, San Diego's representatives and staffers have taken 17 trips paid for by nonprofits and think tanks to England, New York and beyond. Read More »
Three large refugee families that a local nonprofit helped resettle at an El Cajon apartment complex are being asked to move because they have too many people living in their homes. Read More »
Bus drivers and mechanics for NCTD allege they are owed thousands of dollars in accrued vacation, sick and personal time from First Transit, a national company that operated NCTD’s bus service for the past seven years under a $178 million contract. Read More »
Refugees say resettlement workers put them at risk of losing their homes because falsified lease documents omitted occupants. Read More »
Help us request documents from the almost 30 government agencies with Mello-Roos taxes so we can shed light on how you’re taxed and how your money is spent. Read More »
Five years after the Sweetwater Union High School District board spent $4.5 million to put iPads in the hands of seventh graders, nearly all of the Apple tablets are classified as out of inventory, lost or stolen. Read More »