Next week, volunteers with the Regional Task Force on Homelessness will sweep county streets to try to count all unhoused residents.

It's a critical event that offers a broad view of our foremost crisis for 2024. But where do we stand now?

This week we discuss the city of San Diego's new homelessness fundraising campaign — and what it could do to alleviate the crisis. Plus, we review current County numbers and what the U.S. Supreme Court could decide about camping bans.

Lisa's story: "What Happened After the Ban"

Tickets to our Feb. 8 live podcast: vosd.org/events

The Sacramento Report returns: vosd.org/sac

Next week, volunteers with the Regional Task Force on Homelessness will sweep county streets to try to count all unhoused residents.
It's a critical event that offers a broad view of our foremost crisis for 2024. But where do we stand now?
This week we discuss the city of San Diego's new homelessness fundraising campaign — and what it could do to alleviate the crisis. Plus, we review current County numbers and what the U.S. Supreme Court could decide about camping bans.
Lisa's story: "<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/10/10/what-happened-after-the-city-cracked-down-on-homeless-camps/">What Happened After the Ban</a>"
Tickets to our Feb. 8 live podcast: <a href="https://vosd.org/events">vosd.org/events</a>
The Sacramento Report returns: <a href="https://vosd.org/sac">vosd.org/sac</a>

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.

This is Voice of San Diego&rsquo;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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The Big New Homelessness Campaign

The Registrar of Voters made us wait six days for an update on the vote count from November 5 – 16 days ago. The main local race we’re still watching is the Oceanside mayoral race. Just 31 votes separated the incumbent and her challenger. 

Senior investigative reporter Will Huntsberry will join us later on the show to explain why the city of San Diego has purchased at least $1 million worth of gear from a man involved in one of the largest law enforcement scandals in San Diego’s history. 

And new data about local schools just dropped. There’s some encouraging news but it’s still kind of bleak. 



For more on the issues:

Bill Walton FBI files



Pop culture in the FBI filing cabinet:



Sanctuary City rhetoric



KTLA’s Story on LA’s Sanctuary City declaration



A Man Convicted in a Major Law Enforcement Scandal Is Doing Big Business with the City




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The Registrar of Voters made us wait six days for an update on the vote count from November 5 – 16 days ago. The main local race we’re still watching is the Oceanside mayoral race. Just 31 votes separated the incumbent and her challenger. 
Senior investigative reporter Will Huntsberry will join us later on the show to explain why the city of San Diego has purchased at least $1 million worth of gear from a man involved in one of the largest law enforcement scandals in San Diego’s history. 
And new data about local schools just dropped. There’s some encouraging news but it’s still kind of bleak. 
 
For more on the issues:
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/21/morning-report-fbi-file-shows-waltons-political-drift/">Bill Walton FBI files</a>
 
<a href="https://vault.fbi.gov/popular-culture">Pop culture in the FBI filing cabinet:</a>
 
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2017/01/25/san-diego-sanctuary-city-even-mean/">Sanctuary City rhetoric</a>
 
<a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-to-become-a-sanctuary-city-for-migrants-in-response-to-trump-threat/">KTLA’s Story on LA’s Sanctuary City declaration</a>
 
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/18/a-man-convicted-in-a-major-law-enforcement-scandal-is-doing-big-business-with-the-city/">A Man Convicted in a Major Law Enforcement Scandal Is Doing Big Business with the City</a>
 
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San Diego's Felonious Supplier

We are still processing the election, as I am sure all of you are. But at least some questions have been answered. We’ll go through those updates. 

And, where does the city of San Diego go from here? The mayor and Council President got re-elected but a sales tax failed and a deficit looms. A lot of people are worried about big cities and we get it.



For more on the issues:



Deadly Failure: A Sailor’s Struggle in a Fractured Mental Health System,

NBC San Diego VOD

VOSD Story



Election 2024
San Diego County Unofficial Election Results

The Learning Curve: Bazzo Has Likely Won – Just Barely

Politics Report: Baked Months Ago



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Join today and receive insider access.

We are still processing the election, as I am sure all of you are. But at least some questions have been answered. We’ll go through those updates. 
And, where does the city of San Diego go from here? The mayor and Council President got re-elected but a sales tax failed and a deficit looms. A lot of people are worried about big cities and we get it.
 
For more on the issues:
 
Deadly Failure: A Sailor’s Struggle in a Fractured Mental Health System,
<a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/deadly-failure-a-sailors-struggle-in-a-fractured-military-mental-health-system/3670724/">NBC San Diego VOD</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/12/deadly-failure-documenting-a-voice-investigation/">VOSD Story</a>
 
Election 2024 <a href="https://www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/sandiegocaenr/20/en/Index_20.html">San Diego County Unofficial Election Results</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/13/the-learning-curve-bazzo-has-likely-won-just-barely/">The Learning Curve: Bazzo Has Likely Won – Just Barely</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/09/politics-report-it-was-baked-months-ago/">Politics Report: Baked Months Ago</a>
 
Voice Member Benefits <a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/member-benefits/">Join today and receive insider access.</a>

The Races Have Settled

Well, that was an election. We will go back through the races we drafted last week. As always, there are a couple nail-biters as we begin the tradition of waiting for updates every afternoon. 

But we can say that San Diego incumbents did well. Mayor Todd Gloria and the City Councilmembers hoping for another term did fine. So did Terra Lawson Remer, the county supervisor who faced down millions in spending against her. 

Turns out all she had to do was all we suspected she had to do: Connect her opponent Kevin Faulconer to Trump. But like everywhere else in the country, Trump did better here than before.

For more on the issues:

Union Tribune College/Talmadge/Montezuma Rd Fire Photo

 Scott’s Twitter/X palm tree post

Jakob’s Twitter/X young voters post

Voices of the Voters

Election Results: We’re Waiting on These Races

North County Report: Election Results Are Rolling In

Well, that was an election. We will go back through the races we drafted last week. As always, there are a couple nail-biters as we begin the tradition of waiting for updates every afternoon. 
But we can say that San Diego incumbents did well. Mayor Todd Gloria and the City Councilmembers hoping for another term did fine. So did Terra Lawson Remer, the county supervisor who faced down millions in spending against her. 
Turns out all she had to do was all we suspected she had to do: Connect her opponent Kevin Faulconer to Trump. But like everywhere else in the country, Trump did better here than before.
For more on the issues:
<a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sut-l-SDSU-FIRE-014-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1">Union Tribune College/Talmadge/Montezuma Rd Fire Photo</a>
<a href="https://x.com/vosdscott/status/1852110345579675915"> Scott’s Twitter/X palm tree post</a>
<a href="https://x.com/JakobMcwhinney/status/1854591343236137083">Jakob’s Twitter/X young voters post</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/05/voices-of-the-voters-these-two-didnt-like-sales-taxes/">Voices of the Voters</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/07/election-results-were-waiting-on-these-races/">Election Results: We’re Waiting on These Races</a>
<a href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/11/06/north-county-report-election-results-are-rolling-in/">North County Report: Election Results Are Rolling In</a>

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 special guests.

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