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Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques
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 ...
02 Oct, 2020
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12 min read
Opinion: Padres Have the Right Team for Tailgate Park Redevelopment
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 ...
02 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll Be $500.
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 ...
01 Oct, 2020
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5 min read
Proposition 19 Will Help Seniors, Californians with Severe Disabilities
Proposition 19 Will Help Seniors, Californians with Severe Disabilities
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usI was born with a disability and 13 years ago, I sustained a spinal cord injury, which left me paralyzed from my shoulders d ...
01 Oct, 2020
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1 min read
Why the American Nurses Association California Opposes Proposition 23
Why the American Nurses Association California Opposes Proposition 23
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usHistorically, nurses have advocated for increased access to care.Type "nurses + increase access to care" into Google and you ...
01 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
Language Barriers Create Obstacles for San Diego’s Refugee Business Owners
Language Barriers Create Obstacles for San Diego’s Refugee Business Owners
When Hana Muhammad’s family left war-torn Somalia for the U.S. more than 20 years ago, it was the International Rescue Committee that helped them resettle in San Diego where the nonprofit has an offic ...
30 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
San Diego Residents Don’t Support Agreement on Short-Term Rentals
San Diego Residents Don’t Support Agreement on Short-Term Rentals
This is an independent opinion in response to a commentary published on Sept. 16, titled “Agreement on Short-Term Rentals Will Boost San Diego’s Tourism Economy.” Have an opinion of your own? Email it ...
30 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
IVN San Diego Poll: Residents Reveal Local Priorities
IVN San Diego Poll: Residents Reveal Local Priorities
California based IVN.us and Washington, D.C. based TheFulcrum.us are the nation’s leading nonpartisan news and information publications focused primarily on political reform and related public policy. ...
29 Sep, 2020
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1 min read
If Voters Raise Taxes on Corporate Landlords, Will Small Biz Foot the Bill?
If Voters Raise Taxes on Corporate Landlords, Will Small Biz Foot the Bill?
When supporters of a November property tax ballot measure talk about soaking the state’s faceless corporate giants and its wealthiest landlords, they are not talking about people like John Kevranian.T ...
28 Sep, 2020
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7 min read
Systemic Racism: How Disparate Investments in Public Education Fuel Social Inequality
Systemic Racism: How Disparate Investments in Public Education Fuel Social Inequality
This is Part Two of a two-part series on racism and the education system. Read Part One here. ‍Data supporting the direct link between family income and student achievement rely mostly on test sc ...
28 Sep, 2020
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11 min read