EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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October 11, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

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STATE

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LOCAL

Here's what customers might pay if they leave SDG&E for a community choice alternative (San Diego Union-Tribune)

In one of its most closely watched decisions of the year, the California Public Utilties Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on one of two proposals dealing with the exit fees customers pay if they leave investor-owned utilities like San Diego Gas & Electric and opt for a government-run alternative.

Unfinished cross-border tunnel found at Jacumba (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Mexican officials discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel that began in a Jacumba home less than a football field away from the border.

Therefore Be It Resolved: San Diego must accept public comments before issuing proclamations, judge rules (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A judge has ruled it’s illegal for San Diego not to accept public comments before ceremonial proclamations like “Oct. 1 is Jerry Coleman Day,” a victory for a local open government group and people who sometimes want to criticize proclamations.

Superior Ready Mix dusts Allied Gardens (San Diego Reader)

...After filing a public records request to the district, Riley received an email containing the contents of, to date, 30 such complaints. The email, he tells me, legally requires that he not share the complaints with others, but notes that they cite health issues and dust everywhere in neighborhoods, including inside of people’s homes.

For third time, San Diego County is accused of accessing private records to defend lawsuit San Diego Union-Tribune)

Lawyers for the County of San Diego are once again being accused of snooping through confidential records to defend a civil lawsuit, the third time in recent months that plaintiffs have leveled such an allegation.

STATE

With bill signings, Gov. Brown makes his final mark on California education (EdSource)

Gov. Jerry Brown wrapped up his final legislative session this week, and in doing so became the most prolific decider of laws in California history. During his 16 years as governor — two terms spanning the late 1970s and early 1980s, and two terms this decade — he signed a total of 17,851 bills and vetoed 1,829. This year’s crop included dozens that touched on a plethora of education-related issues — ranging from school start times to for-profit charter schools, standardized tests, discipline, mental health and early education.

The invisible children of California (Capitol Weekly)

California has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children that cannot be accounted for. They are among the estimated 45,704 unaccompanied undocumented minors who were apprehended by federal authorities between Oct. 1, 2017 and Aug. 31, 2018 as they tried to enter California through its southern border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

How Kavanaugh’s addition to the Supreme Court could affect California –(San Francisco Chronicle)

Brett Kavanaugh’s elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court could solidify its conservative majority for a decade or more and affect issues as profound as climate change, abortion, health care and the scope of presidential power. And for California, the stakes also include an array of pending and future legal battles on topics ranging from immigration to vehicle emissions, net neutrality and the 2020 census.

 


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