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Pure Water San Diego is the city's long-term plan to turn recycled wastewater into drinking water. Here is how Phase 1, the North City project, moves water from Bay Park to Miramar Reservoir.
Read the storySan Diego runs on a strong-mayor system with a nine-member City Council. Here is who holds which powers, how the system came to be, and where city hall ends and the county begins.
From the mayor's spring proposal to the council's June vote and a possible line-item veto, here is the calendar the city follows to decide how public money is spent each fiscal year.
Five supervisors oversee a county government that runs public health, social services, elections and the sheriff's budget. A guide to the board's powers, its limits and how it differs from city hall.
How the region's trolley lines, buses and commuter rail fit together, how to pay with a PRONTO card or a contactless bank card, and what first-time riders tend to get wrong.
SANDAG is the regional agency behind the San Diego region's long-range transportation plan, the TransNet sales tax and the toll roads. Here is how it is governed and why its decisions reach beyond any one city.
The region's main airport has one runway, an overnight departure curfew and an independent governing authority. Here is how those pieces fit together, and what the new Terminal 1 changes.
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A state rent cap, a just-cause eviction law and a city ordinance with its own notice rules all apply in San Diego. Here is how they work together, who is covered, and where renters can get help.
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