Category: San Diego Living

  • School Choice Matters

    School Choice Matters

    For families living in the City of San Diego, today marks the opening for the School Choice application. Here’s why school choice matters, especially for the poor.

  • Mayor Gloria, Councilmember Elo-Rivera, let’s get Clay Park Improvements done right now.

    Mayor Gloria, Councilmember Elo-Rivera, let’s get Clay Park Improvements done right now.

    Note: I sent the following message to my compatriots in the Clay Park Subcommittee of the Colina Del Sol Recreation Council. But this message needs to be shared broadly and directly with the decision-makers. For the sake of the community we can no longer be patient. We need to get this project done. Contact me…

  • Sunday morning

    Sunday morning

    It’s Sunday morning. Not early and not late. I’ve fed the chickens and opened up the doors to let the cool air in. The house is still quiet. I’ve just made coffee for Kristen and I. And I just sent Murray out to do his one really cool dog trick, bringing in the Sunday paper…

  • Thunderstorm!

    Thunderstorm!

    Last night, just after sunset, San Diego experienced something rare: A thunderstorm. It was awesome. I was in the middle of a Rolando Community Council board meeting, we were all sitting outside, strategically far enough apart to allow for social distancing– but as the first flashes of lightening and distant thunder rolled through– we were…

  • Two Sides of the Border Story

    Two Sides of the Border Story

    Illegal immigration is a problem for both the United States and Mexico. But I’m guessing you’re only sort of familiar with the problem from the American perspective? Each day tens of thousands of Americans illegally enter Mexico without proper documentation.

  • Why is there No Shade?

    Why is there No Shade?

    I live on a block with virtually no shade on the street. There are 22 houses and only 3 have a shade tree in the front yard.

  • A Foot on Each Side

    A Foot on Each Side

    My life is in San Diego. We live here. I’m as involved locally as I’ve ever been. My work is here. My friends are here. My home is here. My bills are here. Everything is here. I live here in Rolando. My life is also in Tijuana and Ensenada, two cities in Baja California, Mexico.…

  • Building Up California’s Urban Core

    Building Up California’s Urban Core

    A new report from the State of California’s Department of Finance came out this month showing that the population of California is in trouble. According to the report, “The reasons for the decline during this decade were, by order of magnitude, higher domestic out-migration, lower immigration to California, and fewer births.”

  • Come to the 2019 Rolando Street Fair!

  • Here’s why I’m NO on Measure YY

    Here’s why I’m NO on Measure YY

    San Diego residents here’s why I’m a NO on Measure YY.