Профиль

A federal bill would let judges shrink mandatory minimums when a trial sentence looks like punishment for skipping a plea deal. But the real fix is trimming the mandatory minimums that make that gap possible in the first place. fairandjustprosecution.org/2026/07/why-...

Asked why San Diegans at every income level should pay the county's new sales tax, Supervisor Lawson-Remer talked about community... But a sales tax is regressive. It takes a bigger bite from lower earners, the same people federal cuts are hitting hardest. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...

The Rapid 215's promised 30-minute ride now takes 50+ minutes, and the op-ed cites real fixes: dedicated lanes, all-door boarding, signal priority. But it's unclear how to pay for it. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/13/o...

Baltimore County's quick-build in East Towson was meant to slow traffic and reclaim space cut off by old rail and utility infrastructure. But the county installed new curbs at the old, wider radius before testing finished - locking in the old design www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

CDC's next director wants to narrow the agency to infectious disease. But chronic disease drives 90% of health spending, and cutting one $80 million program alone could add 3,300 deaths over five years. www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

Rep. Sara Jacobs' bill would score security partners on governance, then set aid accordingly. She says Israel gets no exemption. But existing law already bars aid over rights abuses, and strategic allies rarely lose funding. It only matters if that changes. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/20/u...

Little Rock's Beyond the Divide brought 20 Black-owned businesses back to a street a 1960s interstate had gutted - real revival. It ran almost entirely through a nonprofit partner, a reminder of how much community groups can do when given the lead. www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

California made it easier to apply for affordable housing money, saving an estimated $40,000 per home in cut red tape. www.10news.com/homepage-sho...

San Diego County's Planning Commission added safety conditions to a 588-acre solar project in a town of under 500 households, but it's only a recommendation. The Board of Supervisors hasn't scheduled final approval. www.cbs8.com/article/news...

California lets police pose as fellow inmates to coax confessions - legal since a 1990 Supreme Court ruling. In Riverside County, Black suspects get targeted 4 times more than white ones. A tool skewed this badly needs oversight. calmatters.org/justice/2026...

San Diego teens are lobbying the sheriff to scale back solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates. The county already agreed to that in a settlement this year - after a lawsuit, though, not of its own volition. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/15/t...

A San Diego jail deputy shoved a shackled detainee into a wall, injured him, then lied about it. He got nearly 5 years. But the victim also lay bleeding for over 2 hours before anyone found him - a monitoring gap one conviction does not fix. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/e...

San Mateo's first SB 79 application: one single-family house near Caltrain could become 20 homes. A law written to encourage more homes near transit is doing exactly that. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/s...

SDG&E customers get a $3-$6 monthly bill cut this year, mostly from a rate amortization ending. That's a rounding error: @SDGE.bsky.social rates rose 98% over the past decade, the steepest of any major California utility besides SCE. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/06/s...

San Diego is legally required to hit net zero by 2035, but transportation emissions keep climbing as bike lane construction fell 60% since 2021. The city just cut half its traffic-engineer jobs and shelved bike lanes already in adopted community plans. www.kpbs.org/news/environ...

Oceanside's council unanimously approved a climate plan requiring 60,000 buildings to be electrified by 2045. Yet, the same Council voted to limit housing near transit. Climate denialism by any other name. thecoastnews.com/oceanside-ta...

It's wild to me how many people do not understand this. "Luxury housing" is not some ontologically separate category from the rest of the housing market. Nor is "affordable housing." It's all one big fluid market & when you build more, everyone moves up & frees up the bottom end.

that even 0% inclusionary would not be sufficient to allow housing to pencil because of other mandates and costs. www.spur.org/news/2026-06...

more shallow than typical inclusionary programs, at 80% of AMI vs 60% or lower AMI. Inclusionary mandates w/o any corresponding increase in permitting speed/density, are just taxes that result in fewer total homes built. Fewer homes means higher prices for all. In SF, the Controller found...

ED1 is an opt-in program, not a mandate. Developers who choose this program are finding that the returns are better than those of alternatives. Why? ED1 allows you to build much more housing with faster review. Something market-rate housing doesn't always get. Moreover, ED1's affordability is...