Politics

This ballot measure allows the expansion of public campaign financing programs. Only charter cities can offer such programs now.

They say volatile city finances have diminished the impact of the October budget request memos, and it’s too early to know where things will stand.

Four cities served by MTS already have sales tax rates just below the state cap — and voters could pass a half-cent countywide hike next month.

Dissatisfaction with Mayor Gloria and City Hall in general has some insiders talking about a vast change to government structure.

A new ad touts how a countywide sales tax hike on the ballot would fund public safety. But most of its funding would go to social services and childcare programs.

San Diego is being forced to stop giving such discounts by a controversial court ruling, but the new law might allow the city to revive those discounts sometime in 2028 or 2029 – or possibly even sooner.

City officials agreed to the audit’s key recommendation that every city department do a vehicle needs assessment to determine how many vehicles it needs now and will need in the future.

In-person voting at the Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa also begins on Monday.

San Diego’s registrar and district attorney say normal procedures are being followed in these extraordinary times.

The race has drawn a fraction of the fundraising seen in years past, a sign of waning Republican competitiveness in county politics.