Opinion: High Cost of Building New, ‘Affordable’ Housing Keeps Californians Poor
Congratulations California, you’ve done it again. The Census Bureau has once again found that California…
Opinion: California’s High Cost of Living Makes its Residents Poor
There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe recession it spawned are widening…
Opinion: Pandemic Will Accelerate Divide Between Northern and Southern California
Even before COVID-19 rocked California, there were stark economic differences between the state’s two major…
San Diego County Coronavirus Developments on Tuesday, May 12
Here is a list of the major developments in the coronavirus epidemic facing San Diego…
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Push 9 Million Mexicans into Poverty
The economic fallout from coronavirus could add nine million people to Mexico‘s poor, according to a…
Opinion: Community Choice Energy a Luxury Amid San Diego’s Poverty and Homelessness
The unending quest to solve our “first world problems” here in San Diego leaves some…
Opinion: The Gap Is Growing Wider in California’s Two-Tier Society
Thirty-four years ago, two researchers delved into California’s rapidly changing demographic and economic trends and…
Opinion: Is California the Future of America or an Increasingly Failed State?
Recent weeks have seen a debate of sorts about the image and reality of contemporary…
Opinion: Legislative Fix Needed to Keep Internet Applications Free in California
No matter where you go in California, you’re likely to see someone on their smartphone,…
Opinion: How Investment in Nursing Can Help Californians Rise from Poverty
As I campaigned in 1997 for the congressional seat previously held by my husband, who had…
Panel Explores How Technology Can Help San Diego’s Low-Income Neighborhoods
A group of San Diego technology experts will discuss how technology and data can be…
Opinion: Overdue Fines Block Access to People Who Need Libraries Most
Bill Colb has had just about every possible job in the San Francisco Public Library…
Opinion: Employee Ownership and The Promise of Quality Jobs
In October the official United States unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent, which represents a 49-year…
Scripps Study Questions Viability of Traditional Fishing in The Gulf of California
A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that even with the most…