{"id":7757,"date":"2025-06-23T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/7757\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:34:09","slug":"morning-report-why-child-care-providers-are-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/7757\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Report:\u00a0Why Child Care Providers Are Scared"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running a child care or preschool business is never easy. Profit margins are low. Staff turnover can be high. Caring for children is rewarding \u2013 but exhausting.<\/p>\n

Add a new setback for an already embattled industry: Tariffs.<\/p>\n

Trump administration tariffs on goods made in China are hitting child care providers hard. Many school supplies \u2013 desks, cubbies, bookshelves, toys, playground equipment \u2013 are made in China.<\/p>\n

Tariffs as high as 30 percent are squeezing preschools and daycares whose budgets already have no room for error.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s already a miracle to make the budget work,\u201d one founder of a Pacific Beach preschool for children with disabilities told Voice of San Diego contributor Walker Armstrong. \u201cAdd in tariffs and it starts to unravel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some fear they will have to close. That would leave parents already scrambling to find care for their children with even fewer options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I tell you every dollar is vital to us, I really mean it,\u201d one child care provider said. \u201cWe\u2019re scared of tariffs. We\u2019re very afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

No, You Can\u2019t Avoid the Trash Fee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"AA new waste bin in front of a garbage truck in Grant Hill on Jan. 18, 2023. \/ Photo by Ariana Drehsler<\/p>\n

It\u2019s official: We\u2019re merely one bill cycle away from the implementation of San Diego\u2019s new trash fee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you live in a single-family home or small apartment complex, that\u2019s $32 to $43 a month that you won\u2019t be able to spend on, say, two sandwiches? Dark times, indeed.<\/p>\n

We wanted to know: Is there any way around this? Maybe you want to hire a private hauler instead, or perhaps you\u2019re prepared to take on the Herculean task of hauling your own trash.<\/p>\n

That answer to that, simply, is no. But if you\u2019re a nerd for nuance like us, you can learn more about how it all works here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sacramento Report: The Bills Moving Forward\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"WomenWomen walk out of Albertson\u2019s grocery store with bottles of water in Alpine, Calif on Aug. 18, 2023. \/ Photo by Ariana Drehsler <\/p>\n

Sacramento reporter Deborah Brennan has been keeping a close eye on the bills San Diego\u2019s legislators are hoping to pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This week, after a key deadline, we learned which bills are moving forward, and which ones didn\u2019t make the cut in their own houses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bills that survived include one that bans surveillance pricing, another that would fund border sewage cleanup and one more that would regulate the placement of sexually violent predators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What comes next? <\/strong>State Senate and Assembly Committees will reconvene on Aug. 18 after their summer recess.Then, it\u2019s crunch time for members to get bills passed in the opposite houses before Sept. 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more in the Sacramento Report here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

VOSD Podcast:\u00a0<\/strong>Budget Ping Pong<\/p>\n

On the latest episode, our hosts explain what\u2019s next for the city of San Diego\u2019s budget ping pong match. Will the City Council override Mayor Todd Gloria\u2019s vetoes? Or will they accept his changes? Listen to the full episode here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In Other News\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n