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An interactive online dashboard and map has gone live displaying current environmental conditions in South County including beach water quality and sewage odor data....Read more

Bob Filner, the indefatigable politician who served as a member of congress and then mayor of San Diego before accusations of sexual assault and harassment forced him from office, died April 20...Read more

I’ll cut to the chase—one of my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors is pushing a new home sale tax on San Diegans. It’s exactly as bad as it sounds...Read more

Bonita Valley Garden Club held their annual plant sale this past Saturday, April 26th...Read more

Are you proud of your water-saving landscape? Share it with others by entering this year’s WaterSmart Landscape Contest...Read more

On April 9, 2025, three members of the Board of Supervisors "listened" as resident after resident gave one valid argument after another why the Supervisors should throw out the Secure Self Storage plan. I wrote about the meeting in detail the day after in "Supervisors Support Developer Over Bonita Residents."...Read more

Officials from California’s Division of Safety of Dams say they are concerned by the reluctance of the Sweetwater Authority Board to perform dam safety repairs to Sweetwater Dam...Read more

I’m proud to share that earlier today, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors took a critical step in the fight against human trafficking — we passed my Board Letter to support AB 379: the Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act...Read more

South County’s seemingly endless sewage crisis in the Tijuana River got some high-level federal attention on Tuesday....Read more

The County is monitoring reports of an uptick in primarily overnight hydrogen sulfide (H2S) readings in the Tijuana River Valley, creating odor issues in the South County...Read more

Two near-threatened maned wolves have been brought to San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday...Read more

I just walked out of a critical roundtable with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, focused on a crisis that’s been ignored for far too long: the dumping of millions of gallons of toxic sewage from Mexico into Southern California’s waters...Read more