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Homeless Tech: App Increases Tracking Efficiency & More in San Diego
Homeless Tech: App Increases Tracking Efficiency & More in San Diego
This story was updated at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.Apps and software platforms are built based on profit motives. Anybody with a technology budget — a bank, retailer, or even a home-services provider ...
09 Oct, 2020
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7 min read
Freeze First, Verify Second: Unemployed Californians Get a Fright From EDD
Freeze First, Verify Second: Unemployed Californians Get a Fright From EDD
Joseph Wood went to buy gas in Ventura in anticipation of driving up the coast to visit his children this week. The 39-year-old gig driver knew he had money on a debit card connected to his unemployme ...
07 Oct, 2020
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5 min read
How the Pandemic Reshaped California Politics in 2020
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 ...
06 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
The Two-Party System's Failure Opens Door for Independent Debate
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 ...
05 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
San Diego's Measure E Can Help Us Meet Our Climate Action Plan Goals
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 ...
05 Oct, 2020
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2 min read
San Diego-Tijuana Artists Launch Mural Project in 'Act of Resistance'
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 ...
05 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
Summer Survey: Third of Independents Say They Join Parties Just to Vote
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 ...
05 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse
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 ...
04 Oct, 2020
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14 min read
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
Vote Yes on Measure A: Solve Homelessness with Homes
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 ...
02 Oct, 2020
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5 min read