Jeff Powers is an award-winning journalist from San Diego, California, and has worked on IVN as a writer and editor. He has also worked on a number of local campaigns including SDSU West, Measures K &
San Diego, CA. - "We are at a crossroads. We can accept the status quo or we can act."~ Mayor Kevin Faulconer In an extraordinary Special City Council Meeting, Mayor Kevin Faulconer told Councilmembers that Yes! For a Better San Diego, the initiative that failed to meet the
San Diego, CA. - The City Attorney's emergency petition to keep SoccerCity and SDSU West off the November ballot has been denied by the Fourth District Court Of Appeal. Justices Patricia Benke, Richard Huffman, and Joan Irion declined to rule on the issues raised by the City Attorney&
San Diego, CA. - The San Diego City Council agreed to an amended stadium lease with SDSU and voted to kill two proposed ballot measures. City Council Amends SDSU Lease Agreement The City of San Diego has amended its lease agreement with SDSU and the University's use of
San Diego, CA. - Visiting Father Joe Carroll at his East Village home, it doesn't take one long to recognize the pivotal role he played in elevating the issue of homelessness. For 37 years, Father Joe walked the streets of downtown San Diego where he fed, housed, and
San Diego, CA. - Former San Diego City Councilman Carl Demaio knows what's at stake. Repealing the Gas Tax in California with the Yes on Prop. 6 is his number one goal, but it's the second, unintended piece of Prop. 6, that will garner national headlines.
San Diego, CA. - As is customary, the San Diego City Council ok'd initiatives and ballot language that will appear on the November ballot. The ballot question language is considered an important piece as voters, who may not be aware of what a particular initiative proposes to do,
San Diego, CA.- San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman provided some important truth serum on Wednesday. Appearing on Good Morning San Diego on KUSI, Sherman called the decision by the City Attorney's office to sue the SoccerCity and SDSU West initiatives a sham and legally weak and
Santa Barbara, CA. - The City of Santa Barbara has passed an ordinance that allows restaurant employees to be punished with up to six months of jail time or a $1,000 fine for giving plastic straws to their customers. Santa Barbara’s ordinance is certainly the most severe straw
San Diego, CA. - At its agenda meeting on Tuesday, the California State University Board of Trustees voted to endorse the SDSU West plan. The recommendation reads: CSU Trustees Agenda: The lack of an endorsement was noted in Superior Court by SoccerCity attorneys as one of the reasons they argued
By a vote of 4-1, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors rejected the Fair Vote Participation Initiative for the November general election. The measure, that would have mirrored Measure K in the City of San Diego, would have forced all county races to the general election, no matter if
San Diego, CA. - There is no debating the value of the San Diego Junior Lifeguard program. Now in its third decade, the program gives kids ages 7 to 17 the opportunity to learn a litany of useful skills including: first aid and CPR, surfing, snorkeling, kayaking, water rescue techniques,
San Diego, CA. - The State Court of Appeal has turned down an emergency petition filed by lawyers representing SoccerCity to have SDSU West removed from the November ballot. The one page denial order issued by Presiding Justice Judith McConnell and Associate Justices Gilbert Nares and Cynthia Aaron was to