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SANTEE —  The Santee City Council says it is on board with plans proposed by a subcommittee of its Community Oriented Policing Committee to help the city become more inclusive. The council unanimously agreed Wednesday to move forward on goals focused on creating a community that promotes diversity, equality and inclusion. The city has already implemented in-house actions to take stock of any inequities in its own departments, including law enforcement. Santee contracts with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for public safety needs. The subcommittee’s plan will assess inequitie...

The fate of the 3,000-home Fanita Ranch development now rests with voters. The Santee City Council, with Mayor John Minto absent, unanimously voted Wednesday to place a measure on the November 2022 ballot asking whether the project should be built. But pending legal challenges by HomeFed Fanita Rancho, LLC, the project’s backer, and possibly others, may alter the council’s decision and the ballot measure’s future. The City Council gave its green light in September for the housing in the hills beyond Santee Lakes. Shortly thereafter, residents collected enough signatures, 3,854, to force...

Santee councilman speaks out after false claims he was at D.C. protest

Print San Diego community leaders reacted with a mix of horror and various degrees of outrage following a violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a mob bent on thwarting the peaceful transfer of power Wednesday. Many local Democrats and Republicans alike condemned the violence. However, partisanship tended to show when it came to where to place the blame. And while the scenes that unfolded on televisions and social media feeds were shocking, some said this was a moment they had long anticipated. Here’s what some San Diegans had to say: “What we saw today in Washington was an assault on o...

Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Yesterday we appealed to the government, via Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta, to speak out and demand Israel abandon its apartheid medical practices and provide Covid 19 vaccinations for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. There are inevitably serious divisions between countries regarding their ability to pay for coronavirus vaccines but the situation in Israel/Palestine is unique. Israel has proudly touted itself as one of the first countries to begin widespread vaccination of its population but has specifically excluded Palestin...