Voice of San Diego Podcast
Voice of San Diego Podcast
This is Voice of San Diego’s weekly spitfire roundup of news. We cover local and regional politics, the environment, education, the border and more. This show features our investigative reporting and interviews with lawmakers and other special guests.Social links:
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Mike Zucchet Wants to Cut City Services
On this episode of the VOSD Podcast, host Scott Lewis sits down with Michael Zucchet, general manager of the San Diego Municipal Employees Association. They get into pension underfunding and the failed 2024 sales tax measure. (Oh yeah, this is a very nerdy episode.) They also unpack a heated debat…
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The Vision for San Diego's Civic Core
On this bonus episode of the VOSD Podcast, the crew sits down with Prebys Foundation CEO Grant Oliphant. They discuss efforts to revitalize downtown's Civic Center, including a planned partnership between the city of San Diego, San Diego Community College District, and possibly, the San Diego Unifi…
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Joe LaCava Wants to Evict Us
The Voice of San Diego crew sits down with City Council President Joe LaCava to unpack a controversial Sacramento maneuver reviving the Midway Rising development, revisit the Mission Bay bathroom closures and who's really to blame for the budget fallout, and dig into La Jolla's secession talk. The …
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Flip Flops Are Good
Mayor Todd Gloria announced this week that San Diego is reopening the 13 Mission Bay Park restrooms it shut down last month in budget cuts, after a public poop photo helped force the reversal — reportedly for around $200,000. Also this week: Marvel's Gaslamp Quarter sign fine, Comic-Con's extensio…
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Del Martians Sling Mud
Del Mar's city council cut its summer recess short this week for an emergency meeting — and came out of it asking for criminal investigations into California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a Del Mar Fairgrounds board member. At the center of it all is Seaside Ridge, a 249-unit housing project prop…
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Lunar Cycles
Forget the birds and other environmental impacts, are taller buildings messing with lunar cycles? On this week’s show, our hosts explain how a proposed bill would stop building height from being treated as a significant environmental impact under state law. State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson spoke a…
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Death of a Charter Reform
On the latest episode, our hosts tackle everything from Comic-Con building wraps to California’s housing crisis. First up! A proposal to give Chula Vista City Council members raises crashed and burned following public outcry and quid pro quo allegations from the mayor. Then: While special educati…
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Explosive!
There's nothing worse than needing a restroom and not being able to find one. San Diego just made it a lot harder to find one. On this edition of the podcast, Scott Lewis was back and wanted to share his thoughts on how bad the cities decision is to close down public restrooms. The crew also disc…
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Plug-in Blues
When the world gives you solar panels, you must use them. But not if the power companies have anything to say about it. Environment reporter MacKenzie Elmer drops in to discuss SB 868, a bill that would legalize easy, plug-in balcony solar panels for renters and condo owners. Local utility compani…
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Feds to the Rescue?
The federal government has made some big promises but can it deliver? On the latest episode of the VOSD Podcast, co-host Jakob McWhinney reveals that San Diego schools are experiencing a boom in special education enrollment. At the same time, there are fewer kids enrolled at local schools today t…
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