County and City of San Diego California

North County Report: Not Many Homes for the Low Incomes |  San Diego County, California Special Report March 25, 2026 Housing Policy & Local Control California cities are pushing back — through council chambers, courtrooms, and a looming ballot initiative — against state housing mandates that many officials say are arbitrary, unachievable, and built on flawed data.   Every year, when cities across California release their annual housing progress reports, a predictable picture emerges: market-rate housing is advancing, and affordable housing for low- and very-low-income residents is lagging — sometimes dramatically. In San Diego's North County, that picture is now sparking something that looks increasingly like a coordinated political rebellion. From Escondido to Del Mar, from Solana Beach to Encinitas, city leaders are pushing back against the state's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) system — the mechanism by which Sacrament...

Navy 'looking into' Campa-Najjar's use of military status in campaign | KPBS Public Media Civil–Military Relations  /  Law & Policy Bottom Line Up Front   The Navy has opened an inquiry into whether Lt. j.g. Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Reserve public affairs officer running for Congress in California's 48th District, has violated DoD Directive 1344.10 by failing to consistently identify his reserve status, displaying uniform photographs as primary campaign imagery, and depicting an outdated rank across campaign materials. The case arrives amid a high-stakes, heavily redistributed congressional contest between two San Diego-area candidates with Navy credentials — Campa-Najjar (D) and retired naval aviator Jim Desmond (R) — in a region hosting the nation's largest military community. The regulatory framework governing reservists who run for office is clear but routinely misunderstood, and the enforcement record is thin. Whether or not the ...