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Todd Gloria Wins San Diego Mayoral Election

November 10, 2020 2:36 pmNovember 10, 2020 5:33 pm

On Monday, San Diego City Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate Barbara Bry conceded the San Diego Mayoral election to Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), nearly a week after the election was held due to slow vote counting by county officials. Bry...

Statue of Former California Governor Pete Wilson Removed from San Diego Plaza

October 15, 2020 5:31 pmAugust 4, 2024 10:49 am

On Thursday, the statue of former San Diego Mayor, Governor, and Senator Pete Wilson was removed from Horton Plaza in San Diego following calls by activists to remove the statue in the past week. The statue had been seen as...

2020 General Election Preview: San Diego Mayoral

October 9, 2020 6:44 amOctober 12, 2020 11:15 am

San Diego: For the longest time, “America’s Finest City” was as reliably Republican as Orange County or any inland Northern California county above the Bay. But the city began trickling in Democrats a few decades ago, culminating with the city...

Court Opens Up Big Prop.13 Loophole for ‘Public Franchise Fees’

October 2, 2020 7:07 amOctober 7, 2020 7:49 pm

Two recent court cases have created a contested loophole in property-tax related Propositions 13, 26 and 218 which would cause a legal and actual tax earthquake in California. Cities have already started to impose legally unhinged toll booth-like charges, called...

Protests Over The Breonna Taylor Decision Erupt Across California

September 24, 2020 3:52 pm

On Wednesday, a grand jury decision in Louisville, Kentucky that only charged one of three police officers with wanton endangerment in the death of Breonna Taylor caused massive outcry nationwide, with many of the largest protests happening across California. Taylor,...

San Diego County Small Businesses Leaders, Owners Rally for Re-Opening

September 22, 2020 2:44 amSeptember 22, 2020 8:16 am

On Monday, a group of local businesses in San Diego rallied outside the County Administration Building, urging the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to stop the state from instituting measures from the purple tier, the strictest reopening level in...

San Diego City Council Votes to Oppose, Condemn Federal Intervention

August 11, 2020 4:25 pmAugust 11, 2020 4:02 pm

The San Diego City Council has voted to denounce supposed “unlawful tactics” by federal agents against supposedly “peaceful protestors” in Portland and oppose any federal intervention in their City. Nobody could tell from the resolution and council members’ posturing that...