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Mayor Todd Gloria has now said he will NOT take SB 10 to the City Council in September as previously planned.
August 4, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Say NO to mass surveillance in San Diego! Check out how this technology is being used elsewhere:

"Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show"
www.sacbee.com
August 1, 2023 at 3:55 AM
Can't attend? Submit your public comment now via the city's webform noting Agenda Item 333:
Agenda Comment Form | Office of the City Clerk | City of San Diego Official Website
Comment on Agenda Items, Non-Agenda Public Comment, and Closed Session Public Comment may be submitted using this webform indicating the comment type and item number (if relevant) for which you wish t...
www.sandiego.gov
August 1, 2023 at 3:54 AM
“Rupard’s family filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Diego against the county, Sheriff Kelly Martinez and others over his death,”

Rupard was one of 19 people who died in San Diego jails last year.
Family of man with mental illness who died of malnutrition, dehydration in downtown jail files lawsu...
When Lonnie Rupard was found dead, feces coated his cell floor and food was smeared on the walls; his family's lawsuit claims the county, the sheriff and others were negligent in his care, leading to ...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
August 1, 2023 at 3:52 AM
“Other reasons cited for the city’s vacancy problem have been lower pay than other gov’t agencies and the city’s nearly decade-long lack of pensions for new hires after a 2012 ballot measure eliminated pensions for all new workers except police officers.”
Why does San Diego struggle to fill city jobs? Blame bureaucratic, inefficient hiring processes, aud...
The city's average time to fill vacancies is nine months, and the process requires 60 steps and more than 90 documents
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
July 29, 2023 at 2:09 AM
“She was released from sheriff’s custody just before she died… Formally releasing people from custody ahead of a serious illness or pending death has become a common Sheriff’s Department practice in recent years.”
Woman found unresponsive in San Diego County jail died of septic shock, sheriff’s officials say
Vianna Granillo, 25, died last year from septic shock less than a week after she had been arrested on a court order violation and booked into Las Colinas women’s jail in Santee, sheriff's officials ...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
July 27, 2023 at 7:36 PM
“According to a state audit released last year, 185 people died in San Diego County jails between 2006 and 2020.”
Man in sheriff's custody died of fentanyl overdose in February, Sheriff's Dept. says
Sheriff’s officials said Ryan Thuresson died of “combined fentanyl and flouorofentanyl toxicity"
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
July 27, 2023 at 1:32 AM