San Diego Unified District leaders are looking for solutions for repairing a backlog of malfunctioning air conditioners at their schools. In other news, in 2020 Mayor Todd Gloria campaigned on making the region less dependent on cars. But, since taking office, his attendance at transportation board meetings has been poor.
Air conditioning malfunctioned at several San Diego Unified schools during last month’s heatwave.County Supervisor Terra Lawson Remer wants to ask the E-P-A to run tests in the Tijuana-River Valley to see if it could be considered a"superfund" site.
Reporter Katie Anastas says it comes after hundreds of classrooms had problems during last month’s heatwave. Staff say they’re also reviewing how they manage workloads, increasing preventative maintenance and looking for additional grant funding.San Diego City Mayor Todd Gloria was elected in 2020 on promises of making the region less dependent on cars.
But since taking office, Gloria has missed 50% of SANDAG board meetings. His attendance at MTS, which operates the city's bus and trolley system, is even worse. In nearly four years of MTS board meetings, Gloria has attended only one. Gloria is up for re-election next month. He said if his behind-the-scenes work is no longer effective in a second term, he'll change his approach. Andrew Bowen, KPBS news.It's time for our next “Why it Matters” segment with our Public Matters partner, Voice of San Diego.This November, voters in the city of San Diego will weigh in on Measure E – it would put a 1 percent sales tax on top of the tax buyers pay within the city.
Crucially, neither the mayor nor other supporters of the tax can promise exactly where the money would go. If they did, it would require two thirds support of voters. By saying it’s just going to go to the general fund, they only need a simple majority. Voters in east county will soon choose a new assembly member to represent their region in the state legislature.Republicans Carl DeMaio and Andrew Hayes are facing off to represent Assembly District 75.
I think that what we need is more transparency on what's going on behind closed doors in the state Capitol. Our state Legislature does not operate in an open manner with transparency. And the special interests dominate all the decisions. The voice of the people is rarely heard.” “The trainers said you don’t have to play but the coach overruled him and put him in … and that was the last of the Scott that we knew.”
“There's, a censor in the helmets that tell a reader how much the kids have impacted it. And then that reader tells my my athletic trainer, ‘Hey, you need to look at this. I'm sure he's sustained that head collision.’”
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