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City Council President Joe LaCava of La Jolla was one of the leaders of the 2022 push for a law allowing the city to charge single-family homes fees for trash collection. On June 9, he was one of six council votes for the fee structure proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Details on trash fee revenue confirm city’s ‘bait and switch’

Re “Divided San Diego City Council OKs $44-a-month trash pickup fee, city’s first ever” (June 9): The new trash collection fee will apply to 226,495 San Diego single-family homes. The city currently spends $80 million annually on trash collection. This means that the city’s expenditure per home per month is $29.44, which is very close to the $29 a month...

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People walk near the Pan American Plaza parking lot in Balboa Park on May 20. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Charging for parking at Balboa Park betrays city’s values

Re “Readers rip City Council’s OK of many new city parking fees” (June 8): I’m writing to express my deep frustration and disappointment regarding the decision to begin charging for parking at Balboa Park. As a longtime San Diegan and er...

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Several Waymo cars burn on Los Angeles Street as protests against federal anti immigration efforts have escalated with the arrival of California’s National Guard near the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)

Mass protests and riots are hurting legal immigrants

Well-intentioned people who care about immigrants should understand that coercive protests are a violation of the individual rights, including of immigrants — even if what they’re protesting is immigration enforcement.

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