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Supe Candidates Spar Over Taxes, Homelessness – And Trump

1 week ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

There might as well have been three candidates in Tuesday night’s San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1 debate: Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre, Chula Vista Mayor John McCann – and President Donald Trump.
South County Report: Aguirre Goes to Court in Supervisor Race

1 week ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

Two weeks left in the race to fill a vacant South County seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors – and the knives are out. The candidates and their supporters have been trading increasingly heated and personal attacks as a July 1 voting deadline looms. Today, Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre, the Democrat in the race, upped the ante by going to court.
Supervisor Candidate Left Trail of Unpaid Debts, Taxes

2 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

San Diego County Board of Supervisors candidate Paloma Aguirre has made the county budget a centerpiece of her campaign.
South County Report: Immigration Takes Center Stage

2 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

Amid stepped up immigration raids across Southern California and President Donald Trump’s invocation of military powers to quell violent protests in Los Angeles, immigration, one of America’s most divisive political issues, has leaped to the forefront in South San Diego County – and jolted the District 1 Supervisor race in the final weeks before a July 1 voting deadline. “We’re all talking about this,” said Chula Vista resident Christine Brady on Monday.
Aguirre Shifts on Sanctuary Policy

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

Amid widespread condemnation of a federal immigration raid last weekend at a popular South Park restaurant, county supervisorial candidate Paloma Aguirre is softening her stance on a controversial county immigration policy. Speaking to KPBS on Monday, Aguirre said she supports the county’s so-called “super sanctuary” policy, which bars county employees from assisting federal deportation efforts even in cases involving immigrants convicted of violent felonies.
South County Report: A Tale of Two (State of the) Cities

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

What happens when you sweep everything aside and just watch two politicians at work in their native habitat? I’ve been covering the race to fill a vacant South County seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors from the moment former District 1 Supervisor Nora Vargas unexpectedly resigned late last year.
Big Money Pours Into South Bay Supervisor Race

4 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

The race to fill a vacant seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is entering the home stretch – and an onslaught of high-dollar contributions is powering the candidates’ final sprint toward a July 1 voting deadline.
South County Report: Water Agency Demands Retraction From Former Board Member

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

Lawyers for the Sweetwater Authority water agency are demanding that former authority board member Josie Calderon-Scott retract claims she made recently to Voice of San Diego that the authority knew about elevated levels of toxic industrial chemicals in its main reservoir years before alerting the public. But Calderon-Scott said she’s not backing down. And she challenged the authority to produce documents that she said would settle the issue.
Chula Vista Mayor Distances Himself from His Own Real Estate Company

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

Chula Vista Mayor John McCann said he was divesting himself from a real estate company he co-owns with his wife after Voice of San Diego asked about the firm’s apparent preparations to sell real estate in a $1 billion bayfront luxury high-rise condominium project McCann has helped to promote and facilitate as a city leader.
South County Report: A Dream Come True

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jim Hinch

There is almost no place in South San Diego County where you cannot see Chula Vista’s new monument to civic pride and ambition. The Gaylord Pacific Hotel and Convention Center rises like an ocean liner from the southeastern shore of San Diego Bay. Twenty-two stories high, with 1,600 rooms, a 4.25-acre water park and 477,000 square feet of meeting space, the $1.35 billion resort is visible on a clear day from downtown San Diego to the U.S.-Mexico border.