The mayor is just flat ignoring the budget the city council passed and will not fire the top managers the Council cut. And you thought budget drama was over.
Local water managers are demanding an apology from one of their colleagues. Apologies after demands for apologies are always the best apologies. We’ll explain why this matters.
And Jakob published an extraordinary analysis and maps this week of how many fewer kids there are in San Diego schools. Why that is.
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SEGMENT 2 San Diego City Budget
Mayor: Nah, I Won’t Be Laying Staff Off
by Mariana Martínez Barba
July 15, 2025
SEGMENT 3 Where’d the Kids Go
San Diego County’s Schools Have 27,000 Fewer Students Than a Decade Ago. It Will Get Worse.
Over the past decade, enrollment at San Diego County public schools has decline by about five percent. That means there are 27,000 fewer students in local schools. State officials are projecting rates of decline will only get worse, which will force educators to make some hard decisions.
by Jakob McWhinney
July 15, 2025
SEGMENT 4 Water Wars
by Scott Lewis
July 9, 2025
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