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Opinion: How automatic licensee plate readers make us less safe - The San Diego Union-Tribune
These technologies create an immense oversight burden for our public officials.
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City's Public Safety Committee votes to support San Diego Police Department's smart streetlight proposal - The San Diego Union-Tribune
The approval comes a few weeks after the Privacy Advisory Board voted to reject the technology; the City Council will decide which route to take in the coming weeks
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Residentes en Estados Unidos ya pueden apadrinar refugiados. Esto es lo que tienes que saber para participar. - San Diego Union-Tribune en Español
La administración Biden puso en marcha Welcome Corps para transferir parte del trabajo de recibir a los recién llegados de las agencias de reasentamiento de refugiados a grupos de particulares
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U.S. residents can now sponsor refugees. Here's how. - The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Biden administration launched Welcome Corps to shift some work of receiving newcomers to groups of private individuals from refugee resettlement agencies
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Opinion: San Diego renters once again have very limited eviction protections. Leaders must step up. - The San Diego Union-Tribune
With the expiration of the no-fault eviction moratorium, renters in the city of San Diego are once again at risk of eviction.
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Afghans face insurmountable challenges in fleeing to U.S., a stark contrast to arriving Ukrainians
After the last evacuation flights left Afghanistan, Homayra Yusufi’s family was one of many that scrambled to file applications to help their loved ones reach safety in the United States.Well…
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Here’s why Muslim refugees don’t feel safe in the United States
Al-Agha is a community organizer with Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans and lives in Escondido. Erikat is a Palestinian-American who grew up in San Diego. She is the policy associate…
Newsom Pledges $37 Million For Afghanistan Refugee Crisis
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Despite eviction moratoriums and rent relief, families are still being evicted
Sahid is the founder and executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans. She lives in City Heights.Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 14.5 percent of San D…
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Afghan Americans in San Diego pressure Biden and Congress to act as Taliban takes over
Nargis Habib knows what it means to live as a girl under Taliban rule.The San Marcos entrepreneur grew up in Afghanistan and was educated underground, her classrooms hidden away in basements becaus…
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Afghanistan needs humanitarian aid for civilians and homes for refugees
Yusufi is an Afghan American who grew up in San Diego. She is the deputy director for the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) and lives in San Marcos. To prevent a humanitarian …
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Years after escaping Afghanistan, refugee advocate calls for immediate humanitarian response
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is growing more dire, with thousands displaced from their homes, banks shut down, and aid workers forced to flee.