Scott Lewis
Voice of San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States
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Past articles by Scott:
Yes, Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
It’s time to acknowledge that our lack of housing created something like a natural disaster and as we begin the years-long effort to catch up, the crisis should be treated just like the catastrophe it is. → Read More
Get Ready for Another Round of New City Hall
San Diego is about to embark on the most serious effort to rebuild City Hall since 2009. → Read More
Politics Report: There Are More Homeless People Downtown Than Ever Recorded
For the sixth time this year, downtown San Diego in November set a monthly record for the number of homeless residents living on its streets. → Read More
Major Vote-Count Update Monday
Some key races are a lot more interesting after the county registrar of voters updated the latest count of ballots. → Read More
Our Election Contest Is Here
This post originally appeared in the Nov. 5 Politics Report. The weekly newsletter is available to Voice of San Diego members. Support our work here. It’s time again for our Elections Contest. Send in your answers to scott.lewis@voiceofsandiego.org, the submission with the most correct answers will win a lunch with us. The June winner has not collected […] → Read More
Atkins Makes Big Moves on Abortion, State Budget
San Diego’s Toni Atkins put forward a state Constitutional amendment to ensure the right to an abortion is ingrained in the state’s governing document, not just its laws. → Read More
San Diego Unified Backs Off Vaccine Mandate; Cites Effectiveness
San Diego Unified’s Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to delay mandating COVID-19 vaccines for students until July 2023. → Read More
Tracking the Money Race
Here's how candidates are doing in the money race as the June primary approaches. → Read More
Outsiders Are Funding Chula Vista’s Mayoral Campaigns
Roughly two thirds of individual contributions supporting Chula Vista’s mayoral campaigns have come from outside the city. → Read More
Sheriff Could Be a Republican After All —
The Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed John Hemmerling’s campaign for county sheriff. → Read More
What About Long COVID? Immunologist Follow Up —
This post originally appeared in the Dec. 21 Morning Report. Subscribe to the Morning Report here. If you somehow missed our latest podcast interview with immunologist Shane Crotty, who helped explain the omicron variant and answered many other questions we had about the COVID-19 pandemic as it stands now, we have this summary of the interview […] → Read More
Politics Report: Now Redistricting Is Really Getting Started
We may be beginning the tense part of redistricting. And Republicans send out a lot of competing messages about their worst fears for California. → Read More
Politics Report: Dems Stoked About Bry's New Campaign
Dems let bygones be bygones as the former councilwoman and mayoral candidate picks her next goal. The People's Ordinance talk heated up this week. And a housing story you don't want to miss. → Read More
Politics Report: Water Fights
San Diego has lots of water but the cost of that is causing tensions between the city and Water Authority. Plus, an election is coming so obviously Clairemont has a controversy about housing density. And the GOP comes to town. → Read More
What We Learned This Week Is That Sara Libby Got a New Gig
After nine years as Voice of San Diego's managing editor, Sara Libby has a new job at the San Francisco Chronicle. Scott Lewis writes about her impact at the nonprofit news pioneer. → Read More
Outdoor Dining Structures Don't Have to Come Down Yet After All
Unpermitted outdoor dining structures were supposed to be coming down, but late Monday the mayor’s office confirmed to VOSD that restaurants would have another month to comply. The city is delaying enforcement of the rule. → Read More
VOSD Podcast: Everything We Know About 101 Ash St.
In January, VOSD’s Lisa Halverstadt wrote a long piece on the role Jason Hughes, a commercial real estate broker, had in the mess the city has faced related to 101 Ash St., the building it was never able to move employees into. Hughes had been an unpaid volunteer advising mayors going back to Bob Filner […] → Read More
Politics Report: What Happens Now in Sports Arena Land
Not clear on what happened to the Sports Arena project this week? We got you. Also, the mayor likes bagging on the previous mayor but likes some of his stuff too. → Read More
Politics Report: Why the Recall Failed
In December, after the City Council finally chose a Council president after weeks of unprecedented intrigue and then a marathon meeting, former City Councilwoman Barbara Bry, still stung by her unsuccessful mayoral campaign, announced she would help lead the recall election of the new Council president, Jen Campbell. That’s when people started calling one another […] → Read More
School Board Member Escalates War of Words Over Lincoln High
San Diego Unified escalated its war of words with Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe. → Read More