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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. Read More »
Stop ignoring transparency law, Grand Jury warns San Diego
The San Diego County Grand Jury issued a report on the long-ignored transparency law, called Section 225, that's been the subject of inewsource scrutiny. Read More »
City Attorney’s Office will weigh in (again) on San Diego disclosure law
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith told inewsource his office will basically reiterate its predecessors. This will be the fourth time the office has weighed in on Section 225 since its inception. Read More »
Question: Where are San Diego County’s five-star hospitals? Answer: There aren’t any
It’s a rare patient who enjoys a stay in a hospital. But when the noise prevents you from sleeping, the bathroom is dirty, your pain isn’t controlled, the nurses and doctors confuse you … Any of that can make a sick person feel even worse. That’s why the Affordable Care Act mandated that patients get a chance to score hospitals ... Read More »
Trouble at the Statehouse: secrecy, corruption and conflicts of interest
Only three states got better than a D+ in this updated look at the systems states use to prevent and expose corruption at all state governments in the country. Read More »
Briggs-associated nonprofits flout state, federal laws — with links
This is the fully-hyperlinked version of the inewsource story about Cory Briggs' network of charitable, nonprofit organizations he helped form that, in many cases, repeatedly and persistently violated state and federal laws. Read More »
California Gets New Government Accountability Laws
A crusade by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia got the ethics laws passed to make it easier for the public to hold politicians and government officials accountable, but the measures did get watered down to win approval. Read More »
The third retraction demand from NCTD, and our response
For the third time, the North County Transit District has sent inewsource and KPBS a retraction demand in response to a story. For the third time, we have responded. Read More »
Despite NCTD board vote, strong public response for open government
As an investigative journalism nonprofit, inewsource is committed to producing impartial, nonpolitical stories. We cross the line to advocate when it comes to fighting for open and accountable government. Read More »