Poway’s historically low in-lieu fee — what developers pay to avoid including affordable housing in their projects — may be getting a second look. City leaders recently agreed to study […] ...

Poway leaders first adopted the city’s inclusionary housing policy in 1993. It required developers to set aside 15 percent of units for low-income households, otherwise, developers had to pay an ...

New funding thresholds for before- and after-school care programs in California schools will bring a whole lot more dough to ...

Three South County cities adopted budgets this month. We took a look at their books and here’s what we learned.

During a deadly hepatitis A outbreak in 2017 we revealed that local governments were being slow to respond. That triggered ...

Correction: This post has been updated to correct that the Select Committee on Cost of Living will consider the new ordinance ...

Even given that bounty, I still think about what could have been had the band kept it together. The Sess is just one of those ...

The ordinance as it stands: Here’s the draft. It now lists specific event venues that would be subject to the new minimum ...

The San Diego City Council narrowly voted Monday to override some but not all of Mayor Todd Gloria’s moves to reverse changes ...

Running a child care or preschool business is never easy. Profit margins are low. Staff turnover can be high. Caring for children is rewarding – but exhausting. Add a new […] ...

The threat of tariffs hangs heavy over child care providers who are already struggling to survive. If their costs rise, so do ...

Walker Armstrong is a freelance reporter from San Diego covering local issues through data-informed, accountability-driven journalism. The threat of tariffs hangs heavy over child care providers who ...