Endorsements: Cusack, Elo-Rivera for San Diego City Council By U T Editorial Board October 18, 2024 at 4:18 p.m. The homogenization of San Diego City Hall has led to unhealthy groupthink among elected officials....
Endorsement: To protect students at San Diego Unified, elect Crystal Trull By U T Editorial Board October 18, 2024 at 2:19 p.m. Except for the divisions over school closures during the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Endorsement: More proof a vote for Measure G is a vote for chaos, waste By U T Editorial Board October 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The San Diego Association of Governments wants county residents to approve a half-cent increase in...
Endorsement: Unless you like California status quo, reject Prop. 32 By U T Editorial Board October 17, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. Proposition 32 — the latest state ballot measure seeking to raise the minimum wage —...
Endorsement: No on Prop. 2, yes (barely) on Measure HH By U T Editorial Board October 11, 2024 at 4:39 p.m. With enrollment down in most parts of California but with compensation costs still going up...
Endorsement: Despite missteps, Todd Gloria is the clear choice for mayor By U T Editorial Board October 10, 2024 at 12:41 p.m. In March, after San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria scored an anemic victory in the primary...
Endorsement: Reject Measure G. SANDAG is dishonest, dysfunctional. By U T Editorial Board October 6, 2024 at 11:16 p.m. It’s impossible to recall a ballot measure backed by a major local government that had...
Endorsement: Lawson-Remer for county supervisor. Ash happened. By U T Editorial Board October 4, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Before the March primary, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board endorsed incumbent county Supervisor Terra...
Endorsement: Heather Ferbert the clear choice for San Diego city attorney By U T Editorial Board October 3, 2024 at 11:27 p.m. In a city that has a 30-year history of making bizarre mistakes on pension funding...
Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 36: Time to free the detergent By U T Editorial Board September 27, 2024 at 4:58 p.m. The coming landslide win for Proposition 36 will be a triumph for truth over spin....
Scandals keeps mushrooming at San Diego Unified By U T Editorial Board September 27, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Are the San Diego Unified School District’s elected leaders aware of bad conduct and dysfunction...
Endorsement: No on Prop. 35. It’s more about doctors than patients. By U T Editorial Board September 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Proposition 35 — the “Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services” initiative statute —...
Endorsement: No on Prop. 5, which rewards state’s broken status quo By U T Editorial Board September 20, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. A key selling point for Proposition 5 on the Nov. 5 California ballot is that...
Endorsement: No on Prop. 4, $10 billion bond with too much unfocused spending By U T Editorial Board September 20, 2024 at 4:02 p.m. The practice of local and state governments using 30- or 40-year borrowing to pay for...
Why appalling report on San Diego Unified was no surprise By Union Tribune Editorial Board August 20, 2024 at 9:55 a.m. For more than 180 years after the nation’s founding in 1776, America’s attitudes toward sexism...
Mayor keeps making the case that San Diego needs a city manager By Union Tribune Editorial Board August 9, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The never-ending stories coming out of City Hall that make San Diegans incredulous, angry or...
Sting a grim reminder of human trafficking’s local prevalence By Union Tribune Editorial Board August 2, 2024 at 3:44 p.m. The announcement last week that a sprawling multiagency effort targeting human trafficking during Comic-Con had...
San Diego can’t afford to lose tourists who visit for Comic-Con By Union Tribune Editorial Board August 2, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. Last week, San Diego hosted one of its biggest tourist events of the year, Comic-Con...
There is a huge problem we know how to fix. Get on with it. By Union Tribune Editorial Board July 26, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. California is full of problems that its leaders are unable to fix, starting with the...
Biden made the right decision to drop out. What’s next? By Union Tribune Editorial Board July 21, 2024 at 3:16 p.m. Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race was the...
If mayor won’t, City Council must sweat details on mega-shelter By U T Editorial Board July 19, 2024 at 3:29 p.m. The fact that homelessness remains so pervasive in San Diego — despite a dozen-plus years...
Divided America must not keep going down this road By Union Tribune Editorial Board July 14, 2024 at 11:14 p.m. The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday in Butler, Pa., was a...
Democrats must consider political, security risks if Biden remains nominee By Union Tribune Editorial Board July 12, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. In any fair discussion of whether President Joe Biden should remain a candidate for re-election,...
Elected leaders’ warnings about climate crisis not reflected in their actions By U T Editorial Board July 11, 2024 at 3:53 p.m. Three weeks into summer, the climate emergency is demanding attention as heat waves across the...
15 million more reasons to fault oversight of county jails By Union Tribune Editorial Board July 5, 2024 at 3:23 p.m. In November 2019 — less than two months after a lengthy investigation by The San...
Cynical attempts to block Prop 47 fixes must end By Union Tribune Editorial Board June 28, 2024 at 4:09 p.m. On a key question involving criminal justice, states across the nation have made a basic...
Push to fix lightly used rail corridor at immense cost is nuts By Union Tribune Editorial Board June 28, 2024 at 11:57 a.m. The debate over how to respond to the crumbling coastal bluffs in Del Mar that...
Why Biden’s immigration order is both humane and smart By Union Tribune Editorial Board June 28, 2024 at 12:02 p.m. President Joe Biden’s newly issued executive order allowing hundreds of thousands of spouses of U.S....
No, restaurants should not have the right to lie to customers By Union Tribune Editorial Board June 21, 2024 at 1:33 p.m. The people who represent the region in the state Legislature face a character test in...
Newsom is right to seek limits on phone use in schools By Union Tribune Editorial Board June 20, 2024 at 11:11 a.m. The evidence that smartphones and social media have had a painful to a catastrophic effect...
Opinion | Why Joe Biden’s botched handling of immigration should please no one By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board June 8, 2024 at 12:20 a.m. The ability of presidents to make immigration policy decisions unilaterally has long been plain. Barack...
Opinion | Time for City Council to let voters strengthen the San Diego Ethics Commission By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board June 1, 2024 at 6:50 p.m. The cynicism that many San Diegans have about how their city government is run is...
Opinion | Bill Walton, R.I.P. He was a legend in his sport and in San Diego, his beloved hometown. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 28, 2024 at 7:40 p.m. The announcement Monday that Bill Walton had died at 71 after a lengthy battle with...
Opinion | With authorities ignoring problems for years, sewage crisis is our version of Love Canal By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 28, 2024 at 7:45 p.m. In 1978, after decades of mysterious sicknesses affecting the 1,000 families who lived in Love...
Opinion | Failure of SDG&E takeover reflects residents’ belief City Hall is incompetent By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 17, 2024 at 11:19 p.m. San Diego Gas & Electric is easily the least objectionable of the state's three giant...
Opinion | Imposition of flat power fee on state households without legislative hearings is shameful By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 13, 2024 at 6:06 a.m. The California Public Utilities Commission's unanimous vote to charge residential customers of investor-owned utilities a...
Opinion | Years after initial reports, county jail deaths and cover-up of details still the norm By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 10, 2024 at 11:37 p.m. If San Diegans who follow the news have a sense of déjà vu when it...
Opinion | R.I.P., Joan Jacobs, who made life better for all San Diegans By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 9, 2024 at 9:51 p.m. Joan Jacobs' death on Monday at age 91 touched off a vast reaction in the...
Opinion | New SANDAG chief faces three distinct challenges in rebuilding dysfunctional agency By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board May 3, 2024 at 9:40 p.m. The board of the San Diego Association of Governments — the region’s lead transportation planning...
Opinion | OpenA1’s theft of intellectual property is unacceptable By San Diego Union-Tribune May 3, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. This editorial is being posted by MediaNews Group newspapers, some of which are plaintiffs in...
Opinion | Progress in responding to climate emergency? Not if emissions are at an all-time high By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 26, 2024 at 10:57 p.m. Last Sunday was Earth Day, marked by events in San Diego and across the world...
Opinion | Gavin Newsom said he would be a careful fiscal steward. Instead, he ignored history. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 25, 2024 at 5:58 p.m. In 2018, Gavin Newsom was elected governor after a campaign in which he told editorial...
Opinion | Congress must preserve the valuable, much-needed Affordable Connectivity Program By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Since Dec. 31, 2021, internet access has been more affordable for many seniors and low-income...
Opinion | Cartel-linked local shootings that left two dead are unnerving By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 19, 2024 at 9:04 p.m. The San Diego Union-Tribune's April 13 report that three shootings in February and March that...
Opinion | Blunt state audit on homelessness shows importance of determining which programs work By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 12, 2024 at 11:44 p.m. There are few promises from elected officials as empty as vows to "end homelessness." To...
Opinion | Google’s attempt to intimidate newspapers shows need for state legislation it opposes By San Diego Union-Tribune April 17, 2024 at 11:12 p.m. This editorial is being posted in all MediaNews Group newspapers in California.Google’s announcement last Friday...
Opinion | As more county jail embarrassments emerge, it’s time to hold supervisors accountable By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 5, 2024 at 10:52 p.m. The unusually high rate of deaths at San Diego County jails — more than 220...
Opinion | Why SANDAG probe by feds is long overdue By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board April 4, 2024 at 10:39 p.m. The recent report that the San Diego Association of Governments is being investigated by the...
Opinion | Broad immigration deal may be unlikely, but can’t all agree to protect DACA youth? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 29, 2024 at 11:41 p.m. The complexity of immigration issues is hard to exaggerate. On one hand, Donald Trump promises...
Opinion | School districts right to demand Biden, Newsom action on sewage nightmare By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 28, 2024 at 8:37 p.m. When it comes to the South Bay sewage emergency, it’s been an interesting — and,...
Opinion | In pushing sales tax hike, San Diego leaders have a huge credibility gap By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 23, 2024 at 6:53 a.m. In 2018, San Diego voters approved a measure providing raises for city leaders. A 2023...
Opinion | City has yet another unpleasant real estate surprise for San Diegans By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 15, 2024 at 9:20 p.m. In September 2022, after the San Diego City Council voted 7-1 to select the Midway...
Opinion | How GM spies on drivers of its vehicles, then shares the details with insurance companies By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 14, 2024 at 11:35 p.m. The debate over how to protect individual privacy in an era in which technology makes...
Opinion | Could Larry Turner 2.0 provide the challenge to Todd Gloria that San Diego needs? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 11, 2024 at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday’s election results — which showed area incumbents surviving but several losing huge chunks of...
Opinion | Latest attempt to recall Newsom shows GOP still in its rut By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board March 1, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. Many millions of Californians are fed up with the way things are going and likely...
Opinion | Terra Lawson-Remer for San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 3 By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 24, 2024 at 8:25 a.m. The race for county supervisor in District 3, which includes coastal communities from Carlsbad to...
Opinion | Bart Miesfeld for Chula Vista city attorney By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 21, 2024 at 6:15 p.m. The race for city attorney in Chula Vista pitting Bart Miesfeld against Marco Verdugo offers...
Opinion | Coleen Cusack for San Diego City Council, District 3 By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 17, 2024 at 1:36 a.m. As any student of politics can attest, governing bodies benefit from having at least one...
Opinion | Henry L. Foster III for San Diego City Council, District 4 By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 15, 2024 at 7:45 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Todd Gloria for mayor of San Diego By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 10, 2024 at 1:22 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical...
Opinion | Heather Ferbert for San Diego city attorney By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 15, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. Editor's note: This is the first of our candidate endorsement editorials. In coming days, we...
Opinion | Prop. 1 would lead to smarter use of existing funding for homelessness, mental health By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board February 10, 2024 at 1:26 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Was goal in revising landmark San Diego privacy law fixing it – or making it toothless? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 27, 2024 at 12:43 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | After helping victims of Monday’s storm, elected leaders must address larger issues By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 27, 2024 at 12:21 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Port of San Diego’s cover-up a direct assault on plainly written state law By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 25, 2024 at 10:00 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Report on roads one more chapter in San Diego City Hall’s history of incompetence By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 19, 2024 at 10:57 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Is California retreating from progressive ways due to concern about crime? Maybe. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 18, 2024 at 9:52 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | A shocking sight in Tijuana – real, indisputable progress in taking on sewage nightmare By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 13, 2024 at 1:16 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Newsom joins the sugarcoaters’ club in downplaying California’s vast budget deficit By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 12, 2024 at 12:26 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Lawsuit over sewage fiasco may not spur Newsom or Biden to action. But it could help. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 7, 2024 at 11:49 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Why the idea that California housing advocates are ‘winning’ is at odds with reality By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board January 5, 2024 at 1:53 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | California has thrived in part because it’s a magnet for the talented. What if that fades? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 30, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | How to navigate the state presidential primary maze so you can vote for your favorite By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | On Sunbreak Ranch folly, Ross Perot + Lyle Lanley = George Mullen By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 23, 2023 at 6:17 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Don’t buy simple theory – greed – about why some drivers struggle to get insurance By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 20, 2023 at 11:54 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Closure of PedWest one more sign of federal indifference to San Diego’s border needs By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 18, 2023 at 7:25 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | California’s Wall Street-dependent tax system drives budget nightmares. That must change. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 14, 2023 at 10:44 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Don’t buy the myth that California’s bullet train project flopped because of ‘politics’ By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 9, 2023 at 2:21 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | SANDAG’s latest scandal one more sign of its shabby, corner-cutting internal culture By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 7, 2023 at 8:12 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | California Legislature must protect, preserve local news-gathering By Southern California News Group December 4, 2023 at 11:27 p.m. It may seem overly dramatic to say that democracy hangs in the balance, but it...
Opinion | Time for a more aggressive county public health response to sewage crisis in South Bay By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board December 2, 2023 at 1:24 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | In the state’s oversight of utilities, the interests of average Californians are ignored By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 30, 2023 at 8:19 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Third voice needed in dispute over San Diego’s surveillance oversight law By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 22, 2023 at 11:23 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | San Francisco’s makeover for summit is striking. But it’s also temporary – and telling. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 18, 2023 at 7:46 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | R.I.P., Peter Seidler. Few if any have meant as much to 21st-century San Diego. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 16, 2023 at 12:39 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Millions share the discontent that fueled Rainbow and Fallbrook vote for a water divorce By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 11, 2023 at 2:11 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | San Diego’s DA says if lawmakers don’t fix crime laws, they risk a harsh ballot measure By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 4, 2023 at 8:24 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | On housing bills, when will leaders grasp poor past results predict future performance? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board November 6, 2023 at 5:06 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | White House agreement to seek sewage fix funding is welcome but far from a breakthrough By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 28, 2023 at 1:35 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Lack of response to migrant death displays CBP’s indifference to its responsibilities By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 26, 2023 at 11:32 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Montgomery Steppe is the clear choice for county supervisor in District 4 special election By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | State must try to limit fallout as declining enrollment forces many schools to close By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 19, 2023 at 10:51 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | The more San Diego’s sewage nightmare worsens, the worse AWOL Gavin Newsom looks By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 14, 2023 at 1:33 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Bold Newsom policies on homeless worth a try. But mental illness, addiction not key cause. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 12, 2023 at 11:20 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | California’s new blueprint for math education would hurt those it is supposed to help By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 8, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Gloria’s nomination of Gore to ethics board isn’t just tone-deaf. It’s off the wall. By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 4, 2023 at 8:28 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Dianne Feinstein was a legislative titan as well as an inspirational trailblazer By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board October 6, 2023 at 5:45 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Chaotic response to influx of migrants is Biden’s latest maddening border misstep By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board September 29, 2023 at 12:28 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Sunday the 15th anniversary of the deceit that cleared way for the bullet train fiasco By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board September 27, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...
Opinion | Homeless camping ban has good optics so far. But is it a policy success – or a mystery? By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board September 23, 2023 at 12:26 a.m. The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We...