A new leader took the helm of San Diego Community Power this month, just as the young public energy provider rolled out cleaner power to thousands of customers in five San Diego cities and the…
Morning Report: SANDAG Picks Trolley-to-Airport Solution, Pursues Mega-Transit…
San Diego leaders have conceded that they won’t build a massive regional transit station that connects the trolley to the airport as part of a dense urban redevelopment of the Navy’s NAVWAR facility in Old…
Californians Settle Lawsuits Against Binational Water Commission
On Tuesday, Californians settled three lawsuits against the International Boundary and Water Commission or the IBWC, the binational agency that treats a portion of the sewage-laden water rolling into the U.S. from Tijuana under a…
Is ‘Community Choice’ Energy Really a Choice?
When San Diego’s new publicly-run power agency first joined the local energy market, it made a big promise to customers: The energy it provided would be cleaner and cheaper than its competitor, San Diego Gas…
Tijuana Sewage Fix Makes President’s Budget
My newsletter has become a dumping ground of late for all things Tijuana River sewage crisis, metaphor intended. This week, an update on the issue I wrote about last week – a stalled, seemingly simple…
Environment Report: San Diego Can’t Spend the $300…
Even though the federal government gave San Diego $300 million to alleviate the decades-long problem of Tijuana sewage spilling over the U.S.-Mexico border, and even though everyone seems to generally agree it should be spent…
Morning Report: Tijuana River Surging Again, This Time…
Water from a mini-storm on Feb. 15 is still gushing through the Tijuana River, despite rainfall totals of just over half an inch that day. That’s not due to a break in any part of…
Morning Report: Going Cashless Won’t Work for Everyone.…
Chaun Reynolds, 41, sits near his home in Imperial Beach on Feb. 16, 2022. Reynolds uses public transit but does not have a credit or debit card. / Photo by Adriana HeldizIt’s Voice of San…
Going Cashless Won’t Work for Everyone. Here’s Why…
Chaun Reynolds, 41, sits near his home in Imperial Beach on Feb. 16, 2022. Reynolds uses public transit but does not have a credit or debit card. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz It’s Voice of…
Why San Diego Community Power’s Top CEO Choice…
Illustration by Adriana Heldiz San Diego’s new government-run power agency, which started providing service for residential customers on Tuesday, tried in 2020 to offer its top position to an employee beloved by clean power advocates…