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How the Pandemic Reshaped California Politics in 2020
It’s not easy to get work done during a pandemic. Even for the fortunate who kept their pre-pandemic jobs, productivity has taken it on the chin in 2020.The same goes for those in the lawmaking busine...
The Two-Party System's Failure Opens Door for Independent Debate
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on The Free and Equal Elections Foundation's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the authors.Last week’s showdown between t...
San Diego's Measure E Can Help Us Meet Our Climate Action Plan Goals
This is independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usSan Diego is at a crossroads on climate change. With heat storms and wildfires showcasing our world to come, we must carefully ...
San Diego-Tijuana Artists Launch Mural Project in 'Act of Resistance'
West San Ysidro Boulevard in San Diego has an extra pop of color. Creatives have added fresh street art along the high-traffic thoroughfare — less than four miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Vacant b...
Summer Survey: Third of Independents Say They Join Parties Just to Vote
Independent Voting recently released the results of its second national survey "Confronting A New Reality: Independents Speak Out,” interviewing over 3,600 independent voters across the country on the...
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse
This story was originally published by ProPublica.Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest, and to our great s...
Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques
Last week TPR shared a new report from Embarcadero Institute disputing the accuracy of the state's methodology for calculating local housing needs. With the state moving to hold local governments acco...
Vote Yes on Measure A: Solve Homelessness with Homes
This is an independent opinion. IVN San Diego has invited all campaigns, including No on Measure A, to write a commentary. Have an opinion of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe global COVID...
Opinion: Padres Have the Right Team for Tailgate Park Redevelopment
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us.“Slam Diego” is a slogan we are seeing all around town as the Padres have set an MLB record for consecutive grand slam home...
Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll Be $500.
Matthew Villongco stopped by the UCLA campus to see his friends on a Thursday night during his first year of community college. An airy lounge surrounded by a glass wall, packed to the brim with stude...