From drafting a law, approving that law, rewriting that law, enforcing that law, defending that law, at basically every level of local government, this is a story of San Diego's incompetence. "No way to avoid it" says the only place where this happens. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/05/c...

Court rulings force San Diego to halt vendor crackdown. Will chaos return to downtown, beaches?

Recent court rulings have forced San Diego to halt a city crackdown on street vendors that has been hailed for restoring order to Balboa Park, the Gaslamp Quarter, city beaches and other popular spots...

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Raising one to Kelly Davis today. I was lucky to know her, and her jail deaths reporting at CityBeat and with Jeff has profoundly influenced the way I think about incarceration. Idk if I ever told her that. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

Kelly Davis, intrepid reporter who exposed death and despair in San Diego County jails and gave voice to the downtrodden, dies at 53

The 2023 San Diego journalist of the year beat cancer for more than a decade before being diagnosed with a new tumor earlier this year; she leaves a lasting legacy in her adopted hometown.

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They keep telling us straight up that surveillance technology is a force multiplier. They do not claim it is a crime reducer.

I think it might be helpful to divorce the question of "should little kids be on social media?" from "should keeping kids off social media be enforced via surveillance?"

Flesh colored yoda. Just something to consider. Yoda but he’s not green. Imagine it. Picture it.

Ammar for Mayor 2028

Currently at last place among my fellow San Diegans, I think you all really slept on Serge Fiankan for Governor. sf4gov.com

Serge Fiankan for Governor 2026 | Independent Leadership for California

Explore Serge Fiankan's vision for a transparent, accountable California with solutions for housing, affordability, and opportunity. Join the movement for smarter government.

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Tonight I'm at San Diego City Council listening to San Diegans ask for public funding at the final budget hearing. I bet none of them are here to ask for money for mass surveillance technology. Here are the things San Diegans want, in their own voices, instead of millions of dollars of surveillance:

It's a force multiplier guys, chill

old.reddit.com/r/sandiego/c... Here's what's up. By the by, von Wilpert thanked @colinparent.bsky.social for sending a letter to public safety endorsing the Flock technology but I couldn't find a copy of it. Let me know if anyone has that letter, I'd like to read it!

Help us Get The Flock Out of San Diego (community opposition to Flock license plate readers)

Hi sub, I'm Seth with the TRUST SD Coalition, here to ask for your help with these [Flock license plate...

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Why is there nowhere to debate things in public anymore. We only debate when people are self promoting. I want to debate ideas

Thank you to all the journalists and whistleblowers who bravely speak out against threats to our digital rights.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/20/o... Most days I wake up to new news about the abuse or misue of Flock ALPR cameras in the US, or news about Flock being caught lying about the same. Flock is the worst of the worst surveillance tech right now, and we should get it out of San Diego right away

Opinion: Mayor hypes license plate readers, doesn’t mention abuses

The risks and dangers of Flock are now verified and increasingly well-known.

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Cops around the country searched Flock Safety ALPR databases related to the No Kings protests.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 10mo ago

It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

In true form for San Diego, we are paying for the worst of the worst of the license plate readers systems: Flock. Lies, data breaches, lawsuits, failed audits, abusive practices. Never stop fighting against San Diego adopting the worst products and practices. We can and should have better.

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10mo ago

City of San Diego's Privacy Advisory Board votes unanimously to "cease' Flock Automated License Plate Reader Technology. PAB's report: www.sandiego.gov/sites/defaul... The final decision is with City Council. Be heard by leaving a comment for Public Safety Committee. How to in thread 🧵

Flying some all stars in to San Diego to talk about what's going on with mass surveillance and "public safety." Tickets to the in-person conference are free until we fill up. Please don't register if you won't attend, but you should totally register and attend!

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Safety in Unity 2025 with added speakers Sarah T. Hamid (@eff.org) and Pedro Rios (@pedroconsafos.bsky.social) joining TRUST to fight against mass #surveillance in San Diego! Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm in City Heights RSVP at trst.fyi/su25 for location

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

Whoa look at this notification on Maps

Been talking with city leaders/staffers recently & all want money for good ideas, like the below need for $1.1M to increase fire safety (gift link). we at @sandiegotrust.bsky.social propose redirecting $2M smart streetlights & license plate funding. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/31/w...

With San Diego still failing to manage flammable brush, council members want money in the budget

Frustrated the city still hasn’t made big changes called for in a 2023 audit, council members lobbied the mayor during recent budget hearings to prioritize a more comprehensive approach.

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Those shoulder patches sure look like stylized fasces from Wikipedia: "... it symbolized a Roman king's power to punish his subjects." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces

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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

I don’t get to say this often so I’m not going to miss the chance. I’m so damn proud of San Diego. youtu.be/nna2gvBU4yQ?...

ICE raid at Buona Forchetta in South Park

YouTube video by Declan Fleming

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Federal immigration agents raided a South Park (San Diego) restaurant and started with flash bang grenades. www.cbs8.com/mobile/artic...

Federal immigration agents raid San Diego restaurant

Immigration agents raided a South Park restaurant, using flash bang grenades.

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Coyote howling by day down by the Mexican border here in San Diego. I did a quick U-turn to come back and get this shot and I was stopped by border patrol who said I was behaving suspiciously. Of course I was, I’m a birder! 🤣🌿🦊

My process for SAN DIEGO SUNSET

great job Gavin

Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov · last yr.

NEW: California has launched ‘Ask CAL FIRE”, an AI-powered chatbot on @calfire.bsky.social’s website offering wildfire resources and emergency information in 70 languages. We’re committed to transforming government to more efficiently and effectively serve people.

Guys, #sdjournos PLEASE help out. We really need nominations for “Journalist of the Year.” Please share. The only requirements are 1) the nominee is a journalist 2) in San Diego. 3) is not on SPJ board. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Journalist of the year

Please nominate who you think should be journalist of the year. Please include their name followed by a brief explanation of why. Specific examples would be greatly appreciated. If there are notes, do...

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Today from a brewery filled with conference goers I observed a container ship motoring by the fishing boats parked near the sidewalk where San Diegans jog. Tourists sat beside me eating tacos and I admit I did have a double IPA in front of me . This was the most San Diego moment.

here are the elephants at the @sandiegozoo.bsky.social safari park reacting to the earthquake just outside #sandiego. you can see them forming an “alert circle,” as Emily helpfully informed us, during which the adults can be seen "instinctively circling the younger elephants to protect them."