Government

San Diego is a city known for a culture of secrecy and backroom deals. A law that’s been on the books since 1992 can help reveal the people behind the companies doing billions of dollars in business with the city each year — if someone would only enforce the thing. Read More »

Phil Jelsma is a partner at CGS3, a boutique real estate law firm in Carmel Valley, and he specializes in limited liability companies. Don’t know much about those? Jelsma was nice enough to sit down with inewsource to walk through the basics. Here’s an edited conversation. Read More »

Comic-Con is expected to bring in thousands of new trolley riders. But how big of an impact will it have on MTS' overall ridership? Read More »

Over the past 18 months, San Diego County’s five representatives and members of their staffs took 31 trips that were paid for by private entities, including trade associations and think tanks. Read More »

The U.K. departure from the European Union is still playing out globally. But there are some early glimpses at what it means for San Diego's economy. Read More »

When it comes to handing out child support payments, San Diego is outperforming other large counties in California. Data from the state Department of Child Support Services show that San Diego County collected and distributed $112 million in child support payments on time in fiscal year 2015. That’s 71 percent of the payments due — a rate six percentage points ... Read More »

A broad-based fundraising network and a constellation of well-funded political action committees have given San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer plenty of firepower. That’s not so much the case with his two opponents. Read More »

Check here each day for updated early voting return rates by precinct in San Diego County's June 7, 2016 primary races. Read More »

Election Day is still nearly three weeks away but early voting has already begun in dozens of races in San Diego County. Read More »