Should San Diego pursue a vacation-home tax ballot measure?

Some San Diego elected officials are exploring a possible ballot measure that would ask city voters to levy an annual tax of ...
Opinion

Will a drop in mortgage rates make any difference in San Diego’s housing market?

Namely, that home prices have gone up so much since the pandemic, without corresponding wage increases, that mortgage rates aren’t a gigantic factor. Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS, ...
KPBS

San Diego’s dorm-style housing is disappearing as the need grows

On the scale of SROs in San Diego, The Hotel Churchill is the Ritz-Carlton. Its small rooms have bathrooms and kitchens, and ...

After being sued, UCSD and San Diego Foundation open scholarship to non-Black students

UC San Diego and the San Diego Foundation have agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to allow students of all races and ...
KPBS

San Diego city-county leaders propose elimination of housing 'junk fees'

San Diego City Councilman Sean Elo-Rivera and San Diego County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Monica Montgomery Steppe will, ...
The UCSD Guardian

Rescinded: Making sense of UCSD’s admissions cancellations

On Friday, Sept. 19 at 4:41 p.m., fresh out of his transfer orientation, newly-admitted student Shourov Hossain received a ...

Why a scholarship for Black California students now has to accept white applicants

Students and a right-leaning nonprofit sued UC San Diego for allegedly supporting a scholarship fund for Black students. They ...