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Recovering musician. Education Reporter at Voice of San Diego. hit me up ➡️ Jakob@VOSD.org or (619) 786-4418 via phone or signal.

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would love to hear more -- shoot me a message. the data these awards were based on show Helix has had unparalleled success in helping kids facing challenges excel. they weren't a value judgment on the school, just an indication that data point after data point show something there is working.

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CONSEQUENCEMAXXING UK constitutional monarchy ACCOUNTABILITYMOGS America’s democratic republic

19.02.2026 16:03 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Albert Einstein Academy Hires New Principal Amid Ongoing Turmoil The charter network’s pick said he wants to unify the school, but faced questions about his former role as a Chula Vista Elementary School District admin.

Albert Einstein Academy’s new principal promises to reform the school’s German immersion program, but parents have doubts over his record at the Chula Vista Elementary School District.
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Nearly Half of San Diego Unified Schools May Be ‘Underutilized’ A 2023 report shows that about half of San Diego Unified schools are operating at under 70 percent of the schools’ capacity. With enrollment decline likely to continue in coming years, that’s a danger...

Enrollment decline has battered local schools, but new docs obtained by VOSD show just how hard San Diego Unified has been hit. Last year, nearly half of district schools may have been "underutilized," meaning they're at less than 70 percent capacity. 16 percent of schools were less than half full.

11.02.2026 15:39 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Deepak Chopra: New Age Guru, UCSD Prof – and Epstein Confidant In thousands of documents included in the latest release of the Epstein files, bestselling author, world-renowned guru and new age health practitioner spoke candidly about God, ‘cute girls,’ and every...

New files reveal that guru (and former UCSD Prof) Deepak Chopra and Jeffrey Epstein exchanged hundreds of messages. In them, they spoke of "cute girls," and sex. In one instance, Epstein offered to send "two girls," to one of his events. Chopra accepted.

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With Unprecedented Housing Moves, San Diego Unified Enters Its YIMBY Era Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 education workforce housing units on district-owned land. The move could reshape the education workf...

Amid crippling housing costs, San Diego Unified has gone full YIMBY. Officials have greenlit proposals to build an unprecedented ~2,500 units on district-owned land. That would be a larger K-12 portfolio than any in the US and 3x what's been built in all of CA. It may just be the beginning.

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With Unprecedented Housing Moves, San Diego Unified Enters Its YIMBY Era Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 education workforce housing units on district-owned land. The move could reshape the education workf...

San Diego's school district is more YIMBY than most CA cities.

The school board voted to build 2,500 education workforce homes on district land, maximizing the total number of units among the options available.

For context, the state has just 850 right now.

voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/29/w...

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San Diego Unified School District has quietly embarked on a massive program to build educator housing.

The focus has been on maximizing the number of units affordable to staff, not on deepest means-tested affordability.

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From the sandiego community on Reddit: Nick Shirley has come to San Deigo. He is “investigating” Childcare locations lookingfkr his next scoop. Explore this post and more from the sandiego community

A Reddit post shared to r/SanDiego today claims that conservative provocateur Nick Shirley, whose misleading videos targeting Somali-run daycares helped inspire ICE’s assault on Minneapolis, is on the ground in San Diego: www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/s...

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With Unprecedented Housing Moves, San Diego Unified Enters Its YIMBY Era Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 education workforce housing units on district-owned land. The move could reshape the education workf...

Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 affordable education workforce housing units on district-owned land — nearly 3x what’s been built in all of CA. The district’s YIMBY-maxing could reshape the education workforce housing landscape.

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With Unprecedented Housing Moves, San Diego Unified Enters Its YIMBY Era Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 education workforce housing units on district-owned land. The move could reshape the education workf...

Over the past two months, San Diego Unified officials have approved proposals to build nearly 2,500 affordable education workforce housing units on district-owned land — nearly 3x what’s been built in all of CA. The district’s YIMBY-maxing could reshape the education workforce housing landscape.

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Paid Protestors from LA Supported Airbnb During Vacation Home Tax Vote Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera's proposal to tax empty second homes and short-term vacation rentals died on Wednesday.

Dozens of protesters showed up to the San Diego City Council meeting to oppose Sean Elo-Rivera's proposed vacation rental tax. They wore matching blue shirts and held signs saying “Keep San Diego Affordable: Say No to the Rental Tax." But, as it turns out, they'd been paid and bused down from LA.

29.01.2026 22:18 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2
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CTA Prez Willing to ‘Leave it All Out on the Line’ in Barrera Endorsement Overnight, San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera’s bid for state superintendent transformed from an upstart campaign to a serious contender thanks entirely to the endorsement of California’s…

The California Teachers Assocation’s decision to endorse local Trustee Richard Barrera for state superintendent — despite his lower name reognition — may be the ultimate test of the union’s political might.
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29.01.2026 17:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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San Diego Unified Goes Big on Educator Workforce Housing San Diego Unified’s board on Monday night voted to advance a proposal to build 1,500 units of affordable educator workforce housing at its University Heights headquarters.  The proposal, from the […]

San Diego Unified‘s board on Monday night voted to move forward with proposals to build nearly 1,700 units of affordable education workforce housing on district owned land. The projects now in negotiations are more than double the amount of such units that currently exist in all of California.

27.01.2026 05:17 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2
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San Diego Unified Goes Big on Educator Workforce Housing San Diego Unified’s board on Monday night voted to advance a proposal to build 1,500 units of affordable educator workforce housing at its University Heights headquarters.  The proposal, from the […]

San Diego Unified‘s board on Monday night voted to move forward with proposals to build nearly 1,700 units of affordable education workforce housing on district owned land. The projects now in negotiations are more than double the amount of such units that currently exist in all of California.

27.01.2026 05:17 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2

sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings

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CTA Board Recommends Endorsing San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera If San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera gets the endorsement of the state's largest teachers union, his state superintendent campaign would add some serious fire power.

San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera’s campaign for State Superintendent has been officially endorsed by @wearecta.bsky.social. The support from CA‘s largest teachers union adds serious firepower to his (thus far) under the radar campaign. More to come.

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In an emailed statement, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria calls ICE protesters barricading themselves into his office “unacceptable,“ writing “I will not be coerced, and I will not tolerate behavior that puts hardworking City staff or the public at risk.”

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In an emailed statement, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria calls ICE protesters barricading themselves into his office “unacceptable,“ writing “I will not be coerced, and I will not tolerate behavior that puts hardworking City staff or the public at risk.”

24.01.2026 01:01 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

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One of the activists who’s barricaded themselves in the lobby of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s office to demand he clarify SDPD policies re: calls dealing with ICE explains their reasoning:

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📸 Mariana Martínez Barba

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Option 2: SDPD “refrain from responding to or positioning itself alongside federal immigration enforcement.”

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Option 1: SDPD will “protect unarmed civilians from harm or unlawful use of force by armed federal agents” and demand ICE agents identify themselves and remove face coverings.

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They’re demanding the Mayor Gloria instruct SDPD to adhere to one of two options:

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Am told a group of activists had barricaded themselves in San Diego’s City Hall demanding Mayor Todd Gloria meet with them to set new standards for how SDPD responds to calls related to ICE.

23.01.2026 23:35 👍 37 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 5
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After Seating Clash at Speech, Mayor Told Councilmember to ‘Smile’ “He told me that I could smile, which I found to be a very sexist comment,” said Councilmember Vivian Moreno.

Mayor Todd Gloria has denied reporting that tension has built between he and the San Diego City Council, insisting his relationship with them is “extremely functional.” Does telling Councilmember Vivian Moreno to ”smile” after his State of the City speech sound “extremely functional”?

17.01.2026 18:45 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CTA Board Recommends Endorsing San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera If San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera gets the endorsement of the state's largest teachers union, his state superintendent campaign would add some serious fire power.

Big CA education scoop: The board of CA's biggest teachers union, @wearecta.bsky.social, has recommended endorsing San Diego Unified Trustee Richard Barrera for State Superintendent. The rec will go to a vote by state council next week. If approved, it'd add serious firepower to Barrera’s campaign.

17.01.2026 01:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

why is where you are screen recording this so wet

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