Mayor Gloria Won't Take No for an Answer

This week, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Councilman Stephen Whitburn unveiled new tactics to curb homelessness: More safe camping options, more supportive services and new bans on vehicle habitation and camping on public property. These big moves wrap into an ordinance Whitburn plans to bring to…

Downtown Is Poppin' Well, Sort of

San Diego's downtown civic core is back to it's pre-pandemic activity, at least that's according to a new study and sales tax revenue levels in the area.  But our hosts make the case that declaring that downtown has totally recuperated is, well, complicated. They give downtown their own grades in …

San Diego's Detox Bed Deficit

Many San Diegans who are addicted to drugs are begging for help. One intake specialist at a local detox program said that at least once a week, someone stops her on her way to work, begging for a detox bed so they can get clean. She often has to turn them away. For the entire San Diego region, th…

Mira Mesa's Climate Goals Don't Add Up

Mira Mesa is one of the fastest-growing suburban job centers in San Diego. But climate advocates say climate goals for the neighborhood aren't up to snuff. This week, we break down the city's Climate Action Plan and how to balance growth with lofty environmental goals. Plus: A local teacher who w…

Why Police Are So Slow

This week we're Andy-less. But our temp co-hosts — associate editor Jesse Marx and senior investigative reporter Lisa Halverstadt — have us covered with some hard-hitting cop talk. Halverstadt had the story this week about slow San Diego Police response times. Robberies, active domestic violence i…

No Silver Bullets

This week, host Andrea Lopez-Villafaña brought in County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer to get a temperature check for the Board of Supervisors. The foremost issue in the region is homelessness. (Duh.) And that's what most of this discussion was about — including related issues of behavioral health…

Covid's Deadly Political Divide

Throughout the pandemic, the political divide has been bitter — and deadly. This week, Voice reporters finished an unprecedented review of death certificates from the second year of the pandemic, after the vaccine was released. They determined the demographics of who died changed dramatically. Rep…

'I Do Declare...'

The San Diego City Council voted this week to declare housing a human right in the city. The resolution didn’t change any policies and isn’t legally binding. So, what gives? This week, we discuss the declaration and grapple with implications it may (or may not) have on the city's immediate housing…

Bonus Rep. Sara Jacobs on Why We May Be Building Too Many Navy Ships (and More)

It’s not something you expect to hear: A congressional representative from San Diego saying maybe the Navy has too many ships and maybe the defense department’s budget is too big. But that’s something Congresswoman Sara Jacobs will gladly discuss. As she enters her second term, Jacobs has transiti…

The Great Gas Stove Debate

We’re cookin’ with gas! At least for now. This week, we review how we got here — a time when pundits are debating what gas stoves mean to us as a society and whether the fumes they spout are harmful. This offers another moment when San Diego's policy has caught up with reality. Because we’ve been…