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Councilmembers are set to vote on whether to keep using ShotSpotter, a system that is supposed to detect when gunshots are fired. Advocates say the technology is flawed and creates community distrust.
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Our partners at inewsource report that for San Diego’s refugees, digital barriers could imperil their economic recovery even as the pandemic wanes.
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Door knocking campaign for COVID vaccine outreach launched in San Diego County
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San Diego County may join a growing list of local governments providing attorneys to people held in federal immigration custody.Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer has proposed a one-year pilot program w…
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Some critics say that political pressure may be playing a part in this sudden departure from earlier promises to raise the historically low refugee cap
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Lack of affordable housing and struggles with language barriers made disruptions to education and work more pronounced for San Diego refugee communities during the pandemic, according to a new report.
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San Diego is home to large numbers of refugees from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia – communities the census mostly classifies as White. Without detailed data, it’s nearly impossible to gauge just how large those populations actually are and how to direct support their way.
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Streetlights are becoming as smart as our cell phones, monitoring everything from available parking to weather conditions. But capable of collecting massive amounts of data, some worry the technology could harm the people it’s supposed to help.
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The advisory group will meet quarterly and hold its first meeting on Feb. 19.
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Redistricting is a complex undertaking that can confuse even most political observers. But some African residents in San Diego are worried they will be further shut out of the process this year because of language access barriers.
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2020 Contact: Geneviéve Jones-Wright 619.363.7382 Genevieve@panasd.org SAN DIEGO – Three years after Trump’s first iteration of his xenophobic and Islamophobic Muslim Travel Ban, the Trump Administration announced today that they have expanded the ban to include six additional
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