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How SANDAG worked the media on transportation plan
The San Diego Association of Governments knew it would have a tough task last year winning public support for its $200 billion spending plan to fund transportation needs over the next 35 years. Read More »
Judges, lawyers major donors to San Diego city attorney candidates
Individuals who listed attorney, lawyer, general counsel or some variation of those as their occupation contributed a combined $229,000 as of Dec. 31. Seven judges also gave financial support to city attorney hopefuls. Read More »
Nine local employers hit with Cal-OSHA’s highest fines in 2015
On March 3, 2015, a San Diego Gas & Electric employee stepped on to three plywood boards covering an underground vault while he inspected gas valves in Mission Valley. Then the boards gave way. The inspector fell 7 feet before crashing into valves and piping at the bottom of the concrete vault. He broke eight ribs. The accident could have ... Read More »
Heavily redacted document shields notes about fatal San Diego police shooting
The meeting notes are time-stamped 7:24 p.m., hours after a federal judge ruled that the family of a man fatally shot by a San Diego police officer in April could release surveillance video of the shooting. They were sent by San Diego police Capt. David Nisleit to himself. And that’s all the city says the public has the right to ... Read More »
San Diego releases list of data to be made public
The city of San Diego is taking a step toward publishing more than 100 sets of data online, ranging from all of the places fire hydrants have been knocked over to how much revenue comes from each parking meter to the number of seals at the La Jolla Children's Pool. Read More »
MTS admits credit card security gaps
For years, San Diego public transit riders have been able to use credit and debit cards to purchase daily and monthly passes on their Compass Cards. Yet each transaction, whether at a ticket machine or online, may be putting the passenger’s credit card information at risk of being stolen. Read More »
Unions pull support for Peters, Davis after trade vote but impact is limited
Last spring, organized labor pushed hard but unsuccessfully to convince Democratic Representatives Scott Peters and Susan Davis to oppose fast-track consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Eight months after they bucked the unions, their labor money has dried up but more serious threats have failed to materialize. Read More »
Tough to get data from San Diego’s open data initiative
More than a year and a half after San Diego launched its open data initiative, it's not clear if San Diegans will ever get an accounting of all the city's data. Read More »
San Diego hotel fee challenge can continue, judge rules
The city and its Tourism Marketing District failed to persuade a judge to throw out a three-year-old lawsuit challenging a hotel fee used to promote San Diego’s tourism industry. Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil ruled that the nonprofit group San Diegans for Open Government has the right to sue over City Council’s 2012 renewal of a 2 percent assessment levied ... Read More »