{"id":201201,"date":"2025-09-05T03:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201201\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:01:12","slug":"thursday-september-4-2025-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201201\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, September 4, 2025, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tSan Diego\u2019s Students Sacrificed in the Charter Lawsuit<\/a>
\nBy\u00a0Jeff Rice\u00a0| California Globe<\/p>\n

In 2015, San Diego Unified and Grossmont Union High School District decided the best use of their time and taxpayer dollars was not more books, more student resources, or higher teacher pay \u2014 but a lawsuit. Their target was charter schools serving San Diego\u2019s most vulnerable kids: dropouts, teen parents, refugee youth, and students already written off by the traditional system. Schools like Diego Hills and Julian Charter had become lifelines for young people who had nowhere else to turn.<\/p>\n

The districts\u2019 argument was never about whether these schools were helping students. It was about territory and money. They claimed the schools were \u201cillegally\u201d located because they were authorized by smaller rural districts instead of Grossmont or San Diego Unified. A judge initially sided with the districts, forcing closures which impacted already disadvantaged students. Overnight, more than 200 teachers lost their jobs and 1,600 students were left scrambling.<\/p>\n

For nearly six years, the case dragged on until an appellate court finally ruled in 2021 that the schools had complied with the law and were fully legal. But by then, nearly $1 million in taxpayer dollars had been wasted on legal fees \u2014 money that should have benefited students, and gone to classrooms. Even today, districts are still fighting to avoid paying the attorney\u2019s fees they owe. The only clear losers were the students.<\/p>\n

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Israeli Dance Researcher\/Sociologist Denied Rehire Because She is Jewish, Suing UC Berkeley<\/a>
\nBy Evan Gahr | California Globe<\/p>\n

This July, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons\u00a0told a congressional committee<\/a>\u00a0that he is committed to fighting anti-Semitism at the school, which is fighting\u00a0multiple lawsuits and federal discrimination complaints<\/a>\u00a0for mistreatment of its Jewish students.<\/p>\n

Now, comes word that Berkeley refused to hire Israeli dance researcher and sociologist Yael Nativ because she is Israeli,\u00a0and even after the school\u2019s own investigation determined she was the victim of discrimination they continued to deny her a job.<\/p>\n

Nativ late last month filed a\u00a0lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents<\/a>\u00a0for violating state civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination based on nationality.\u00a0She is being represented by the\u00a0\u00a0Brandeis Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Why Election Mailers Are Suddenly Filling San Diego Mailboxes<\/a>
\nBy Scott Lewis | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve noticed a sudden influx of election mailers in your mailbox, you\u2019re not alone. A fall that was supposed to be free of elections has turned into a big and expensive political fight centered on redistricting.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s at Stake<\/p>\n

Congressman Darrell Issa represents a district that went for President Donald Trump by more than 15 percentage points. Normally, that wouldn\u2019t make him a top Democratic target. But now, two well-known challengers are lining up endorsements to run against him:\u00a0Ammar Campa-Najjar<\/a>, who previously ran against Issa, and San Diego City Councilmember\u00a0Marni von Wilpert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Both see an opening because the district lines may soon change. In about five weeks, voters will decide whether to adopt a new map advanced by Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n

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