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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VOSD Podcast: County Collecting Signatures for a Potential Tax Increase
We were down one member of the show with Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña out for this show but don't worry Scott, Bella, and Jakob held it down. They talked about an unfortunate misprint in the San Diego Union Tribune, but it may be indicative of a bigger problem. San Diego County is collecting signatures…
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VOSD Podcast: Shell Games in San Diego County
This week's episode of the VOSD Podcast covers a wide variety of very unique topics. First, the San Dieguito Union High School District is taking heat for a 24 hour live broadcast they allowed in a high school gym. The County of San Diego moved some money around to cover county bonuses. Finally, th…
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VOSD Podcast: A Chaotic Week of Politics!
On this week's episode of the VOSD Podcast we have a lot of juicy topics to discuss. Is Congressman Darrell Issa going to run....in Texas? Will corporate backing of a trash tax repeal push the repeal forward? And Beef Week was in full swing, and our very own Bella Ross, Jakob McWhinney, and Jim Hin…
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VOSD Podcast: Chickens, Taxes and Beef Week
The VOSD Podcast crew was without their fearless leader Scott Lewis this week, but Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña held it down and led us all through the news of the week. The pod crew talked about chickens as pets, county taxes, and some news stories that are safe to talk about at the dinner table. Hav…
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VOSD Podcast: Live! with JD Wicker
On this week's episode of the VOSD Podcast, we had a grand old time at Soda Bar for our latest live podcast Brews and News. The crew were able to get San Diego State Athletic Director John David Wicker to sit down for an hour to discuss a lot about San Diego State Athletics!
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VOSD Podcast: Why Can't San Diegans Have Nice Things?
On the latest VOSD Podcast episode, our hosts get into the Padres exploring a sale, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria makes some changes on his staff, Scott takes a math test, and a deeper look into Prop 36.
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VOSD Podcast: Election Update
On the latest VOSD Podcast episode, our hosts get into the rise and fall of a Poway councilmember and how San Diego Unified has been unable to keep kids enrolled in their neighborhood school. Also, will the city of San Diego’s most ambitions development project in Midway rise?
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VOSD Podcast: Water Rate Hike
This weeks edition of the Voice of San Diego Podcast has some big decisions being made in the city of San Diego. The San Diego City Council approves a water rate hike for two years instead of four. How does that affect you? The county supervisors are trying to balance the budget behind closed door…
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Property Taxes Explained
The newest fight at City Hall is a doozy. It’s about that new tax announced at Politifest. It could be up to $5,000 per bedroom for a second home or vacation rental and it’s going to be a fascinating political battle. We’ll explain The big development at Sports Arena is once again falling apart be…
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They Said What?
The Registrar of Voters has made a dramatic change to how it evaluates signatures on petitions. A bunch of high-profile signature gathering campaigns have fallen apart in San Diego and it may not have been just because they were incompetent. This is a big change. One of those campaigns was to rai…
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