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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.

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O Funding, Where Art Thou?
In 2017, the state passed Senate Bill 2 — a bill made to alleviate the cost of shelter in California by providing an ongoing source of funds to build affordable housing we so desperately need. Since then, the state has collected more than $1.6 billion from fees on real estate transactions. Lookin’ …
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The Rock Arena
The city of San Diego has decided the Sports Arena be demolished and a new arena should arise. And the three bidders who want to take over the redevelopment of that spot want to build a new one. The lead bidder, Midway Rising, wants to make a big new arena — but not big enough for the NHL or NBA. …
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Spice Up Your Life... And City Hall
The San Diego City Council this week decided — with the mayor's urging and the city attorney's opposition — to settle its lawsuit against Cisterra and CGA Capital. This $132-million-dollar decision paves the way for the city to buy its two most problematic buildings that were caught up in the suit…
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How Much Poo is Too Much Poo?
San Diego is the first in the nation to deploy a new technology to test the safety of our ocean water. And Imperial Beach and Coronado are grappling with the results. The tests use a new method to count the amount of bacteria found in the gut of warm-blooded mammals, including humans (e.g., feces…
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Unanswered Calls
This week, NBC San Diego’s Alexis Rivas shares her story on a local woman's murder. The real story was the phone calls from across the street As Rivas reported, the victim’s neighbors called 911 for nearly two hours — begging for help and relaying what they saw. Rivas discusses the details of tha…
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Summertime Blues, Summertime News
The doldrums of summer are upon us. To combat the summertime blues, we’re hitting you with summertime news! This week, our hosts share a few stories they're watching in the summer months. Talking points: how to colonize Mars, the great resignation of the San Diego Police Department, who's going …
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What if We Paid Teachers With Money?
San Diego Unified leaders announced they would offer $10,000 dollar signing bonuses for new special education teachers and nurses. This is a new effort by the district to combat a massive labor shortage happening right now. It may seem totally logical: The district has a lot of COVID relief money …
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One Family's Story Says it all about Homelessness
Four months ago, Voice of San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt got an email. A local woman, Natalie Raschke, asked Halverstadt to tell her family's story. “My kids matter, they have faces, they deserve to be heard and seen. I’m hoping you can help me achieve that,” she wrote. This week, we share t…
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How SANDAG's Transit Tax Died
Over the next eight years, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) needed to pass three different tax increases. These increases would fund the grandest of their plans to improve transportation for the whole region and update the ways we get around, large and small. But this week, the fi…
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Live! From Chula Vista
We're coming at you live from Novo Brazil Brewing in Chula Vista with special guests and an awesome audience. Talking points: primary election results, "South County" vs. "South Bay," Chula Vista politics, special interests, miniature schnauzers. Guests: Chula Vista City Councilmember Andrea Car…
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