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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
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?
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
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
Newsom Orders Ban of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
In a dramatic move to tackle climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered state officials to ban new gasoline-powered cars within 15 years. California has for longer than half a century been a lead ...
26 Sep, 2020
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9 min read
Congress Must Act to Improve Black Women’s Access to Health Care
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usCommunities of color continue to bear the brunt of COVID-19’s devastation. Recent federal data on the pandemic fro ...
25 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Breonna Taylor Rally: Why San Diegans Are Protesting
Protesters throughout the U.S. marched this week after a Kentucky grand jury determined it would not bring charges against Louisville officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black w ...
25 Sep, 2020
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California for All? Few Public Schools Pursuing Elementary Waivers
Diana Marrone felt alone and out of options.The single mother of a 5-year-old kindergartener had struggled to balance her full-time job while guiding her daughter’s remote learning. Marrone’s mother w ...
25 Sep, 2020
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11 min read
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Voting in the presidential election ends in 40 days, and states ...
24 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
Gig Worker Bill: A Lousy Way to Make Law
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usCalifornia’s early 20th century reformers sought to thwart an obviously corrupt political system that benefited en ...
24 Sep, 2020
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3 min read