Gloria is the one facing a recall, but don’t forget his council enablers
Blame for city dysfunction extends far beyond the mayor.
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City Hall has made up its mind on Midway Rising, so pray for the best
Midway Rising could be fantastic. Or a total disater.
Endorsements: Who we support in five statewide races
The most important races are for insurance commissioner and controller.
Endorsement: No on Measure M, San Diego Unified’s bond bait and switch
Forty-year borrowing to pay for painting school roofs is insane.
Endorsement: Larry Cohen is clear choice for San Diego County treasurer
Cohen has a command of key issues that has opponent lacks.
Endorsement: Marcus Bush for National City mayor
He's infinitely more honest about the city's woes than his main opponent.
Endorsement: No on Oceanside Measures R and S, which hurt taxpayers
PLAs increase project costs and "temporary" tax hikes rarely are.
Endorsement: Jones and Alessio for county supervisor — and no on Measure A
It's time to stop the union power plays in county government.
Vote for von Wilpert, Levin to end MAGA control of House
Divided government is needed to rein in a reckless president.
Endorsement: John McCann has earned a second term as Chula Vista mayor
The city's low crime rate and relatively strong finances help the incumbent.
Endorsement: State Senate needs Mara Elliott’s candor, independence
The former San Diego city attorney is a standout candidate.
The U-T Editorial Board’s endorsements
Nov. 3 is the last day to vote in person or to return a ballot.
Endorsement: Vote no on Prop. 39 and its unworkable voter registration rule
There is no reliable database to check who's a citizen.
Endorsements: Props. 2, 37 wouldn’t yield saner state budgets, more housing
Prop. 2 isn't what it seems — and Prop. 37 has a math problem.
Gloria and Ferbert fail San Diego on trash and Measure A
The civic horrow show continues at City Hall.
Endorsement: No on Prop. 5, the California status quo has to go
The measure is a power play masquerading as reform.
Endorsement: Yes on Propositions 41 and 42 to limit taxation in California
Opponents complain that it ties the hands of future Legislatures, but we’re totally fine with...
Endorsement: Why voting against Prop. 3 is a vote against school status quo
School funding should be tied to their adoption of best practices.
Endorsement: No on Prop. 38, an $8.4 billion wolf in sheep’s clothing
Key claims made by the measure's advocates are deceptive and outlandish.
Endorsement: No on Prop. 1, which continues failed state housing policies
Subsidized shelter can't solve the housing crisis.
Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 45 to reform CEQA, limit state dysfunction
It's too easy to block major projects in California.
Endorsement: Vote yes on Prop. 43 to preserve intent of state tax laws
Abuses of power aren't limited to the executive and legislative branches.
Endorsement: Don’t buy Prop. 4’s baloney about publicly financed campaigns
There's no evidence public financing leads to better governance.
Endorsement: Vote no on Prop. 44, SEIU bid to shake down community clinics
The measure would make it costlier to operate clinics and force many to close.
Endorsement: Vote no on ‘billionaires tax’ to prevent economic chaos
Job-creating entrepreneurs should be coveted, not targeted.
Leaders’ ‘magical thinking’ puts National City on track to fiscal chaos
National City will pay for their leaders' incompetence.
Mayor, City Council enablers share blame for Mission Bay bathroom fiasco
The mayor doesn't seem to have a learing curve.
Alfalfa export ban would limit severity of state’s water crunch
The state is going to lose 12% of its Colorado River supplies.
In New York City, socialism gets another chance to fail
Socialism's decline correlates with the decline in global poverty.
Gloria’s budget theater indefensibly imperils public health
The SFGATE story about the city's follies won't be the last.
Irresponsible Legislature poised to undo most important pension reform
California taxpayers should dread what's ahead.
Chula Vista’s vote against phony ‘reforms’ was refreshing — and, alas, rare
Council members say no thanks to a possible 70% raise.
How many will die because RFK Jr. was put in charge of public health?
Since 2024, there's been a 1,300% increase in monthly measles cases.
Much-needed UC admissions fixes slowed by ‘the politics of testing’
Good intentions on equity issues aren't good enough.
Dems right to doubt bill that encourages legal shakedowns of businesses
This is a horrible proposal that would hurt the state economy.
A promising path to a bipartisan fix of Social Security emerges
Sixty percent of wealthy households support "means-testing" benefits.
Petulant city closes Mission Bay bathrooms to punish tax-weary residents
Eliminating five or fewer vacant city jobs would yield the same savings.
The school dilemma that demands attention: plunging K-12 enrollment
California K-12 enrollment peaked 22 years ago.
Local abuses show insanity of weakening state openness laws
The mayor and city attorney have much to answer for.
Will county voters believe truth or ‘alternative facts’ in November?
The one certain result of a vote to up the county sales tax isn't what...
Newsom’s embrace of sweeping K-12 reform is welcome, overdue
It's time to give the governor primary responsibility for public education.
In California, many voters see no party worth rooting for
California can learn much from well-run progressive states.
Could health breakthroughs buy AI firms needed goodwill?
Are we in the middle of a period of "weeks when decades happen"?
Mistakes? What mistakes? San Diego City Hall is a contrition-free zone
Being a San Diego elected official means never having to say you're sorry.
Please, Xavier Becerra, don’t sugarcoat the governor’s budget record
Gavin Newsom's huge mistake in 2022 haunts the state.
How can city prioritize arts funding over limiting severe fire risks?
San Diego's budget priorities could be deadly.
Time for anger with city’s leaders to translate into real change
Measure A's defeat was only one of Tuesday's telling results.
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board endorsements for June 2 election
The general election is on Nov. 3.
Endorsement: Franklin for supervisor — he will fight board power plays
The Vista mayor is a forceful critic of the board's dysfunction.
Endorsement: Jodi Cleesattle and Tia Ramirez for San Diego County Superior Court judge
Their résumés and endorsements stand out.
San Diego Council District 6 candidates Kent Lee and Mark Powell on the issues
Last month, the the Union-Tribune Editorial Board published survey responses by Lee and Powell.
Trash settlement shows San Diegans can fight City Hall
The city feels more salvageable than it did a week ago.
San Diego’s tragedy — and the ones to come
It's hard to be hopeful that internet-fueled hatreds will recede.
County overhaul promotes deceit, not ‘independent’ oversight
It's hard to recall such an open assault on democratic norms.
No on Measure A, City Hall’s latest reckless gamble
The Ash Street debacle may soon have company.
Alessio for supervisor: She won’t go along with efforts to dupe voters
Incumbent Monica Montgomery Steppe voted for two awful board decisions.
Where have you gone, Jerry Brown? A state turns its desperate eyes to you
Who would most govern like Jerry Brown?
Mark Powell and Gerardo Ramirez for San Diego City Council
Powell and Ramirez are more likely to be change agents at City Hall.
Richard Bailey and Henry Foster III for San Diego City Council
Bailey is an experienced reformer. Foster opposed the trash fee bait and switch.
Straight out of sci-fi: Anthropic makes Trump blink in AI showdown
The CEO of an AI firm founded in 2021 shrugs off the Pentagon's threat.
Supervisors are executing a term-limits power play, not pushing ‘reform’
This is novel: using unethical tactics to push for an Ethics Commission.
The Sanders-Gloria contrast in fighting red ink couldn’t be more telling
In 2009, a bipartisan coalition focused on compensation cuts to fix the city budget.
Don’t be tricked: Revenue from higher sales taxes can be used for anything
Unions sell sales tax hikes with gaudy promises they don't plan to honor.
U.S. will pay price for Trump alienating allies and millions across planet
U.S. "soft power" — the appeal of our key values — has been squandered.
Reject the latest attempt to weaken California’s open-government laws
Don't allow agencies to play favorites in the public record process.
State lawmakers may finally clear way for modular housing revolution
Modular housing has a great record — in nations that want it to work.
Democrats shouldn’t overreact to quirky polls in governor’s race
This flukish situation is the political version of "hard cases make for bad law."
In killing ‘Empty Homes Tax’ propaganda, judge strikes blow for honesty
Still spinning, Elo-Rivera called the ruling a "technical decision." Hardly.
If Trump’s power play is popular, progress on ICE reforms may vanish
Trump looks ready to cut a deal. Democrats should do so and declare victory.
Transit policies should reflect how people live, not green ideology
Elected leaders' belief in the "transit good, cars bad" mantra has a downside.
On gas prices, Villaraigosa’s candor is just what state needs
The Califorinia gasoline price debate gets a needed jolt of honesty.
Watch out, taxpayers: Legislature ready to gut pension safeguards
A bill expected to pass the Legislature kills many reform adopted in 2012.
Newsom’s use of $19M to defend ‘falsely maligned’ state will backfire
Using taxpayer funds for a costly PR stunt during a budget crisis is wrong.
Hallelujah: The tax revolt that San Diego needs may finally be at hand
It's time to force change on union-beholden City Hall.
Weber Pierson’s math reform is smart, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough
The UCSD math scandal shows high school grades are meaningless.
We’ll find out Tuesday if City Council learned from Ash Street debacle
It is daft to put a quite possibly illegal measure before city voters.
Scam shows Lawson-Remer thinks her constituents are idiots
The supervisor's embrace of a deceptive "push poll" is revealing.
City Hall’s version of the Golden Rule: Do as we say, not as we do
Sometimes "bait and switch" tactics are OK. Sometimes they're not.
‘Billionaire tax’ will haunt California even if voters reject it
Three of the eight richest Californians left in December. More will follow.
Grand jury, judge block vindictive Trump’s targeting of critics
The First Amendment protects lawmakers, and the president can't rewrite it.
It’s time to repeal the Balboa Park parking fees — all of them
The compromise announced by city leaders Friday isn't nearly good enough.
Bullet train ‘milestone’: being seven months away from laying first track
If this is a "milestone," so is being able to read by sixth grade.
Pension costs make tax- and fee-hike frenzy at City Hall the new norm
Elected leaders won't admit what San Diego's worst "structural" problem is.
The California way: State audits ignored at huge cost to taxpayers
Making state government work well just isn't a priority in Sacramento.
Less than three weeks in, it’s plain that Balboa parking fee is backfiring
City leaders may have been the only ones who didn't see this coming.
The abundant reasons that San Jose’s mayor should run for governor
Matt Mahan acknowledges truths about California that many fellow Democrats ignore.
The city’s real ‘structural deficit’ is the deficit in honesty
Voters who strongly backed outsourcing of services and pension reform were ignored.
Erratic, reckless actions inspire growing Trump Fatigue Syndrome
He actually said life in the U.S. is so good "we shouldn't even have an...
If Gloria thinks parking program is going well, why did he suspend fees?
The first step toward addressing San Diego’s dysfunction is admitting it exists. That’s why Councilmember...
First Venezuela, then Cuba, then Colombia — then NATO?
It is not "derangement" to see the danger posed by the president's recklessness.
GOP will pay a price in November for Social Security chaos
It wasn't "derangement" to worry massive SSA layoffs would harm millions of Americans.
Jim Desmond’s smart idea on removing San Onofre’s nuclear waste
Spent fuel stored at the plant is coveted by both federal and private researchers.
If world is at risk, green opposition to nuclear, hydro power is incoherent
Dilettantes should be kept out of policy debates as important as this one.
Merry Christmas: County wants higher sales tax — and part of your paycheck!
The new revenue will go to paying salaries and pensions, not to new services.
When the City Hall bullies came for Campillo
It was an on-brand conclusion to a year full of ugly power plays.
Sewage progress welcome — but will it survive Trump-Newsom feud?
The administration's cancelling of $2.1 billion in federal grants to California is worrisome.
The Big Beautiful Bill anything but when it comes to food aid
The GOP has a case to let ACA pandemic subsidies expire. But SNAP cuts could...
SDPD’s handling of freeway crisis hardly ‘ensured safety’ of all involved
The events of Dec. 5 could hang over the agency for years