Frontline workers in the University of California system demonstrate for better pay and benefits due to the rising cost of living. Also, San Diego rent prices remain among the highest in the nation, according to a new report. And, activists preserve art removed during recent border wall construction.
UC San Diego employees are calling for higher payThe city of San Diego might ask residents to raise the sales tax to pay for storm drains, parks, libraries and other services.A vote by the full city council is expected sometime in June or July, to send the proposal to voters in November.Gloria’s opponent for the mayoral runoff, Larry Turner, released a statement expressing his opposition.
In a written statement to KPBS, the University of California said in part, it knows the cost of living in California is high and that negotiations will continue until both sides reach mutually beneficial agreements.MG Perez, KPBS News.A new report on rental prices shows San Diego County remains one of the most expensive regions in the nation.
The report determined that El Cajon is the most affordable place to rent in San Diego with a one bedroom going for $1780 a month.A final resolution to a sprawling decade-long navy corruption case is again delayed after a hearing yesterday. Judge Janis Sammartino indicated she might give him three more months, but first, she wants to hear from his previous attorneys and scheduled another hearing in two weeks.At the federal courthouse, I'm Andrew Dyer, KPBS news.Coming up.... ongoing construction of a new border wall threatened to destroy hundreds of murals that decorate the Tijuana side.“They don’t belong to us. They belong to the community.
That’s John Fanestil, an activist with the group Friends of Friendship Park. He couldn’t bear to see those murals lost forever.“Would you consider having the museum try to obtain these sections of the wall before they get destroyed and we absolutely jumped at the opportunity.” “We have caused inestimable harm to indigenous communities, to other communities of color by taking their belongings taking their ancestors and refusing to give them back to decades. Over the last several years we’ve turned that corner and realized that they don’t belong to us as an institution, they belong to the community.”
Linton says the border wall has had a devastating impact on the Kumeyaay people. It has kept them separated for generations.
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