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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 homeruns this season and just clinched a spot in the postseason for the first time since 2006. But, our hometown roster of Swingin’ Friars isn’t the only group swinging past the fences and sliding across home plate in East Village this year. Last week, the City of San Diego decided to enter into an e

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 students, caught his eye — The Study. He’d imagined that people would be partying. Instead, he saw collaborative studying, an atmosphere filled with chatter, not students in their own headphone-induced bubbles. That’s the scene Villongco remembered when he was accepted to UCLA as a transfer student and

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us I was born with a disability and 13 years ago, I sustained a spinal cord injury, which left me paralyzed from my shoulders down. Even though I am more physically limited now, I am able to continue to work part-time and volunteer in my community. I have family that live in central California that I would like to live closer to, however, I am unable to do so at this time because the county they live in does not allow ho

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us Historically, nurses have advocated for increased access to care. Type "nurses + increase access to care" into Google and you will find a slew of whitepapers, journals, expert testimonials, professional association policies, etc. supporting the interests of diverse communities. For many professional associations, healthcare organizations and academic institutions in California, it is no different. But in 2018 there w

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 office in City Heights. The organization helped her mother find a job, save money and buy a car. Therefore, when the family’s restaurant, Farida’s Somalian Cuisine in Chollas Creek, was forced to shut down after the stay-at-home order was issued in March, it was only natural for Muhammad to seek assista

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 to hoa@ivn.us‍ The truth is that almost none of the La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach residents support the MOU proposal. There is nothing transparent in the MOU process development of the regulations by Expedia and UNITE HERE.  None of the District 2 town councils and plannin

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. To launch IVN San Diego, we did something that might seem unusual: We surveyed San Diegans to find out what they thought about the news industry and how they’d like us to improve it. We received more than 1,800 completed surveys and represent the viewpoints from residents of all San Diego communi

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. The co-owner of Nuts for Candy & Toys in Burlingame, Kevranian and his wife have operated this mainstay of the Bay Area city’s downtown strip for more than a quarter-century. He rents the shop. And he’s exactly the type of voter that backers of Proposition 15 — which would raise property taxes on m

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 scores as the primary indicator of success. By that measure, the evidence is indisputable that schools in wealthy neighborhoods out-perform schools located in less affluent communities. In a class-based society, systemic racism in public education results in policies that serve to discriminate against t

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 leader in driving new, cleaner car technologies with its regulations. Today, Newsom raised the stakes: On the hood of an all-electric red Ford Mustang Mach-E, he signed a new executive order that aims to eliminate new models of traditional cars and put more vehicles powered by clean technologies such a