Lisa Halverstadt

Chronic absenteeism rates countywide have continued to drop, signaling that programs designed to combat the crisis seem to be paying off, writes our Jakob McWhinney. Before the pandemic, about 11 […]

San Diego’s efforts to house homeless San Diegans aren’t keeping up with the number of people losing their homes.

Residents in the city and East County this year have raged against homeless-serving projects proposed for their areas, resulting in the death of one plan and adding to the uncertainty for others.

Politicians proposing homeless service projects in San Diego face a harsh reality: The neighbors are not going to embrace them – at least initially.

Carl DeMaio is now a state Assemblymember after a heated battle against fellow Republican Andrew Hayes. The war he sparked over control of the county Republican party continues weeks after Election Day.

Mayor Todd Gloria’s team is taking another crack at a mega-shelter deal as the city faces a $258 million budget deficit for next year.

For the first time since March 2022, the number of newly housed San Diegans outpaced the number who became homeless for the first time in November.

The county has spent months preparing to enact state legislation making people struggling with severe addiction eligible for conservatorships but has yet to deliver new treatment beds expected to be in greater demand.

The San Diego Housing Commission has decided it no longer has the resources to dole out vouchers to specific low-income housing projects.

The former Metropolitan Transit System employee who accused ex-county supervisor and MTS chair Nathan Fletcher of sexual harassment and assault has dismissed her most serious allegation against him – at […]