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The City of San Diego no longer has a chief operating officer. As he grapples with a massive budget deficit, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday he was making big cuts, including eliminating the COO position. Today's Voice of San Diego news blast includes more context on that decision and what it means, details on other cuts, a revealing story on how federal funding freezes are impacting refugees who resettled in San Diego and agencies trying to help them, our latest South County Report, new monthly homelessness data and on a lighter note, our song of the week. #sandiego #somuchnews #cityofsandiego https://lnkd.in/gNFHwD58

Our 2025 Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools has arrived! This year’s guide includes: - School demographic analyses - Local test score data - Exclusive data points on pandemic recovery and career education Download it now to check out all of this and more ?? ?? ?? https://buff.ly/3X7BlNz

New story: I sued the federal government to turn over records about a border wall the first Trump Administration planned to build through the notoriously polluted Tijuana River. I found out that Mexico alleged the wall violated treaties and broke international promises. Experts warned the wall would probably cause catastrophic flooding in downtown Tijuana and San Ysidro in San Diego. The State Department knew this. So did the International Boundary and Water Commission, the only agency really standing in Customs and Border Protection's way. The U.S. built it anyway. Thank you to the attorneys at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP who assist journalists in fighting for transparency from the federal government. https://lnkd.in/gs4ASfig Voice of San Diego

San Diego Unified lost thousands of students in recent years, and the evidence suggests that trend isn't going to change any time soon. The latest from Education Reporter Jakob McWhinney: https://lnkd.in/gNP_Mu7v

In the beginning, many doubted Voice of San Diego would survive for more than a few years. 20 years later, we’ve proven them wrong, and learned a lot along the way. Here are four major lessons we've learned: https://lnkd.in/gGgrS2Me

France rebuilt the burned-out Notre Dame in 5 years. In that same amount of time, the U.S. still hasn’t fixed this key sewage plant at the Mexican border that’s key to keeping California beaches clean. https://lnkd.in/g-nmVyXk Voice of San Diego

In his annual State of the City speech, Mayor Todd Gloria warned of steep budget cuts and called on cities and the county to step up on homelessness. https://lnkd.in/gRiZKbTR

Voter data shows many corners of San Diego County shifted to the right in the November election, and many Democrats didn’t vote at all. Check out the latest from Public Matters, a collaboration between Voice of San Diego, KPBS and inewsource ?? https://lnkd.in/g7UXzH6B