The state budget is a very large problem

And Jerry Brown’s tax measure is absolutely necessary

On May 31, the state Citizens Compensation Commission will consider cutting by 5 percent the annual pay of Gov. Jerry Brown and members of the state Legislature. It would match the proposal that Brown issued last week to cut the pay of state employees.

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Wednesday, May 16,2012
Editorial

Our June 5 election endorsements are here!

The devils you know: We weigh in on local, state and federal races

By CityBeat Staff

When it comes to voting, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t, but you’re a damned fool if you don’t read our voter guide first.

Wednesday, May 9,2012
Editorial

Shedding Light on U-T San Diego

Editor’s partisan comments to Nathan Fletcher open daily paper to scrutiny

By CityBeat Staff

In an interview, the U-T essentially informed Fletcher that the paper can’t endorse him because he’d been bad-mouthing the Republican Party amid his high-profile decision to leave the GOP and become independent.

Wednesday, May 2,2012
Editorial

Jan Goldsmith, the politician

City attorney makes egregious comments about criminal-justice realignment

By CityBeat Staff

Like so many politicians before him, Goldsmith is unnecessarily trying to scare you. Realignment is not creating public-safety risks in our communities; decades of public-safety policy based on mass incarceration is.

Wednesday, April 25,2012
Editorial

The unfortunate trajectory of Carl DeMaio

He overcame tremendous odds to become a self-centered liar

By CityBeat Staff

The point is that we gave DeMaio a chance, and he eventually proved himself unworthy of it.

Wednesday, April 18,2012
Editorial

Republicans and the Buffett Rule

What to do about politicians who defy overwhelming public opinion and the interest of socioeconomic justice

By CityBeat Staff

On Monday, the U.S. Senate voted 51 to 45 to proceed with a bill that would close a loophole that allows some extremely wealthy people to be taxed at a far lower rate than middle-class Americans.

Wednesday, April 11,2012
Editorial

Fixing San Diego’s foreclosure blight

Lorie Zapf should docket a hearing on the Property Value Protection Ordinance

By CityBeat Staff

Community activists will urge Lorie Zapf to schedule another hearing on a proposed ordinance that would attack neighborhood blight caused by home foreclosures.

Wednesday, April 4,2012
Editorial

Nathan Fletcher’s two-headed decision

Leaving the GOP was likely both calculated and principled

By CityBeat Staff

This is what we believe was Fletcher’s goal: widespread news coverage and buzz for a campaign that’s been running on a sort of contained electricity.

Wednesday, March 28,2012
Editorial

Healthcare reform and hyper-political chaos

U-T San Diego editorial board tells only part of the story

By CityBeat Staff

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act— otherwise referred to as “healthcare reform” or “Obamacare”—isn’t perfect. Not by a long shot. Of course, a system that we think would be much closer to perfect would have sparked the political equivalent of World War III.

Wednesday, March 21,2012
Editorial

The truth about San Diego pension reform

Also, we bid a sad farewell to the Millionaires Tax

By CityBeat Staff

Supporters of the measure, which will be called Prop. B, don’t want you to know that long-term reforms were enacted in 2008, because it reveals that the part of Prop. B that closes the pension system and opens a 401(k) is unnecessary—not to mention, as noted by the IBA, costly for taxpayers.