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This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us We've all heard the famous quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — "What's in a name?" — which suggests that the name of things do not affect what they really are. But what happens when the thing in question is a crime, and the name given that crime could result in the early release of a criminal? This is actually what's been happening in California since the passage of Proposition 57, where a long list

SANDAG, the region's planning board, proposed its 2021 Regional Plan, titled the "5 Big Moves." The agency, which estimates the plan will cost roughly $177 billion over 30 years, are calling the five moves: Complete Corridors, Transit Leaps, Mobility Hubs, Flexible Fleets and the Next OS. Among the suggestions in the regional plan include a “Grand Central Station” near the airport, a high-speed rail from Otay Mesa to Kearny Mesa, priority interstate lanes for carpooling and vanpooling, separate

Housing First is a program developed by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness that requires that homeless individuals receive stable and permanent housing before they can benefit from other services. In San Diego, the Housing Commission launched its program in 2014. Since that time the Housing Commission has created nearly 8,500 permanent housing opportunities and approved 761 new housing units. The effectiveness of the housing first program has been questioned by some local leaders, wh

Tracy Tran’s years of savings are gone. Most went into the nearly $13,500 monthly rent she says she’s been paying for her shuttered business since March, when coronavirus public health orders forced her to close. La Orquidea Salon and Spa has been sitting empty ever since on busy North Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos. So have most of the state’s roughly 11,000 other nail salons. “It’s hard to tell how long we can keep up, maybe one month,” said Tran, a first-generation Vietnamese immigrant who lives

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This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. Many business owners ask me about the pros and cons of taking a public position on a recent political issue or current event. The Black Lives Matter movement, for example, had San Diego executives wondering if they should say something on their social media properties, in a press release, or on their website about supporting the end of systematic racial injustice. I say sure, but with a caveat. While

Proposition 25 would replace the money bail system. The following summaries are provided by Ballotpedia. How does Bail Work in California?‍ As of 2019, California utilized a cash bail system to release detained criminal suspects before their trials. Suspects paid a cash bond to be released from jail pending trial with the promise to return to court for trial and hearings. The cash bond was repaid to suspects after their criminal trials were completed, no matter the outcome.[2] The Judicial Co

What Would This Ballot Initiative Require of Dialysis Clinics? The ballot measure would require chronic dialysis clinics to:[1] * have a minimum of one licensed physician present at the clinic while patients are being treated, with an exception for when there is a bona fide shortage of physicians; * report data on dialysis-related infections to the state health department and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN); * require the principal officer of the clinic to certify under penalty of

What would app-based drivers be classified as for employment? Proposition 22 would consider app-based drivers to be independent contractors and not employees or agents. Therefore, the ballot measure would override Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), signed in September 2019, on the question of whether app-based drivers are employees or independent contractors.[1] The ballot initiative would define app-based drivers as workers who (a) provide delivery services on an on-demand basis through a business’s onl

What Would the Ballot Measure Change About Rent Control in California? The ballot measure would replace the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Costa-Hawkins), which was passed in 1995. Prior to the enactment of Costa-Hawkins, local governments were permitted to enact rent control, provided that landlords would receive just and reasonable returns on their rental properties. Costa-Hawkins continued to allow local governments to use rent control, except on (a) housing that was first occupied after