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The San Diego Association of Governments knowingly misled voters in 2004 about how much money it expected to raise from a new sales tax. The deception allowed the agency to overstate how much it could accomplish for regional transportation, transit operations and local infrastructure projects throughout the county in the coming decades. Voters approved the tax increase – and have been paying more money in taxes for 13 years – based on the false projection that appeared on the ballot. Voice of San Diego reported in October that SANDAG is now on pace to bring in nearly $5 billion less than ...

Print Alejandra Sotelo-Solis was in fifth grade at Kimball Elementary School when she made the bold assertion. Asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said one day she would be the mayor of National City. “I don’t know if at 11 years old you know (mayors) work on budgets” or “sit on regional boards,” she said. What she did know, however, is that a mayor is a “head figure.” Now 39, Sotelo-Solis fulfilled her longtime goal on Tuesday, when she was sworn in as the city’s first Latina mayor. The oath of office Sotelo-Solis recited was led by none other than her former fi...

Council Unknowingly OK’d Surveillance Gear for Secretive Police Group As one of its final acts in 2020, the outgoing San Diego City Council gave city employees permission to buy cell-phone hacking technology — as well as drones and rapid response vehicles — without realizing it. Illustration by Adriana Heldiz As one of its final acts in 2020, the outgoing San Diego City Council gave city employees permission to buy cell-phone hacking technology — as well as drones and rapid response vehicles — without realizing it. On Dec. 8, Council members unanimously agreed to apply for and accep...