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Can Gavin Newsom Use the Pandemic to Beat Back Homelessness?
If $800 million wasn’t a sufficiently appetizing carrot to get his audience to buy more motels, Gov. Gavin Newsom could dangle a more spiritual enticement: less time burning in the afterlife. At...
The Great Migration: America's Growing Exodus Away from Political Parties
The mainstream political narrative would have people believe that Americans are more deeply entrenching themselves under the banner of the Republican or Democratic Party as the divide between the part...
With City’s Budget Shortfall, San Diego Charities Prepare for the Worse
San Diego native Deja Fields said Moxie Theatre changed her life six years ago when she was a junior at San Diego Creative and Performing Arts. The small Rolando theater with a mission to empower wome...
Taxpayers Could Take a Hit if SDG&E’s Franchise Expires in January
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe looming expiration of the city of San Diego’s franchise agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric may not be on your r...
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Next year's redistricting landscape is, at best, a mixed bag for good...
Trump Is Right About Rigged Elections, But Maybe Not The Way You Think
The 2016 election seems like a distant memory from a lifetime ago. But 2020 isn't really qualitatively different, just more of what 2016 was. We're seeing that wild year's ghosts of partisanship in ov...
What to Expect from San Diego’s Todd Gloria In Excelsis
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usAnd then there was Todd Gloria. San Diego’s first gay man, first person of color, first hip (surely you have heard...
4 New Voting Methods to Unrig the US Political Process
The movements to reform the electoral process in the US made significant and historic gains during the 2020 election. Voters in 5 cities approved the use of ranked choice voting, and Alaska voters com...
Let’s Start A Homelessness Win Streak With the ‘Housing First’ Game Plan
Supporting homelessness causes can sometimes feel like rooting for the Los Angeles Chargers.Not that San Diegans should feel obligated to cheer for a greedy, mercenary NFL owner who unforgivably rippe...
Francis Parker School Fears Student Boycott Over Teacher’s COVID Resignation
A popular English teacher at Francis Parker School is resigning over pending in-person instruction rules, and officials of the elite private school in Linda Vista fear a student boycott.Chris Harringt...