Lisa Halverstadt

San Diego County board Democrats on Tuesday voted to put major governance reforms on the November ballot that, if approved, will give supervisors more power.

The annual point-in-time count tallied an overall 1 percent decrease in homelessness.

After board Democrats advanced a county governance reform ballot measure, Republican County Supervisor Joel Anderson wants to address key controversies including term limit extensions.

If a potential countywide sales tax measure passes in November, two county labor unions could seek pay raises.

Employees in two county labor unions will get a chance to seek pay increases if a proposed sales tax hike championed by the county’s largest union prevails in November.

For now, proposed county governance reform measures could pave the way for supervisors to run in districts they don’t live in.

County Board Democrats backed Chair Terra Lawson-Remer’s sweeping governance reform proposal for a second time over Supervisor Joel Anderson’s competing measure with a key change.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge against new San Diego County district boundaries set during a 2021 redistricting process.

Three years before the COO of a former county contractor was accused of misappropriating public money, a whistleblower flagged her past conviction for embezzlement.

A county health official charged with a fatal hit-and-run in Southcrest last month appears to have been working the day of the crash.