{"id":232546,"date":"2026-03-23T13:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232546\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:44:07","slug":"march-23-2026-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232546\/","title":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riverside Water Sale Is Done; Deal with Feds Doesn\u2019t Actually Exist<\/a><\/p>\n

by\u00a0MacKenzie Elmer\u00a0| Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

Dignitaries from Southern California water world made a big deal Thursday over Riverside officials agreeing to purchase water from oversupplied San Diego.<\/p>\n

That deal is nothing compared to the larger one San Diego is pursuing to sell its water supplies across state lines for likely a much higher price. It\u2019s a long way off from happening, but that plan, pitched by San Diego earlier this month, could rewrite how entire U.S. states share the drying Colorado River and Southern California\u2019s main water supply.<\/p>\n

But San Diego doesn\u2019t even have a deal to discuss that deal yet. It will likely be a heavy lift since all of the major players on the Colorado River are distracted by an intractable disagreement over how to share the river, which is\u00a0already critically low<\/a>. A record-breaking warm spring has left very little snow in the Rocky Mountains, the river\u2019s main source.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Not all business owners: How Business for Good is building a new voice in San Diego<\/a><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Drew Sitton | Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

Sid Voorakkara was watching a city council meeting on racial profiling by the San Diego Police Department when he first realized small businesses punched above their weight in political influence.<\/p>\n

Nonprofit leaders and advocates from groups like the ACLU spoke to the council with little effect.<\/p>\n

Then he watched the\u00a0Main Street Alliance<\/a>, a national group that acts as a progressive counterweight to traditional business groups, argue that racial profiling against customers and employees imposed an economic cost. Suddenly, the council appeared to be paying closer attention than they had all day, Voorakkara recalled.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento Report: Erasing Cesar Chavez<\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Nadia Lathan|\u00a0Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

As advocacy groups clambered Capitol offices this week ahead of the spring recess, lawmakers grappled with an unexpected bombshell: revered labor rights activist Cesar Chavez has been\u00a0accused of<\/a>\u00a0sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, members of the legislative Progress Caucus laid out their proposals for addressing state and federal funding cuts to social services.<\/p>\n

Welcome back to this week\u2019s Sacramento Report. Let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n

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