{"id":282204,"date":"2026-04-23T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282204\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:02:23","slug":"april-23-2026-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282204\/","title":{"rendered":"April 23 2026, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s \u2018Money-Grabbing Politicians\u2019 Defend New Mileage Tax Buried in 2025 Budget Bill<\/a><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Katy Grimes| California Globe<\/p>\n

Assemblyman Carl DeMaio reports that California Democrats just killed his bill to ban the imposition of a new MILEAGE TAX on drivers!<\/p>\n

\u201cWATCH as these money-grabbing politicians defend charging YOU 6-cents per mile \u2013 or $900 per year on top of gas\/car taxes!\u201d DeMaio says.<\/p>\n

Democrats plan to charge drivers for driving anywhere.<\/p>\n

DeMaio\u2019s bill,\u00a0AB 1783<\/a>, would have prohibited local governments from imposing a\u00a0mileage tax, which was buried<\/a>\u00a0in the Governor\u2019s Budget trailer bill last year. And would prohibit a state agency from spending funds for the study, planning, or administration of a tax, fee, assessment, or charge based on VMT.<\/p>\n

Supervisors Move to Make Secret Meetings Public<\/a><\/p>\n

By Lisa Halverstadt | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

County Supervisor Joel Anderson successfully pushed a trio of transparency measures on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The county Board of Supervisors unanimously passed each of his proposals to explore ways to make secret board subcommittees public, set guardrails for county-funded polling and improve the county\u2019s response to records requests.<\/p>\n

The board\u2019s decision follows reporting by Voice of San Diego on board\u00a0subcommittees being held behind closed doors<\/a>, board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer\u2019s county-backed\u00a0poll-testing of potential ballot measures<\/a>\u00a0and the county\u2019s\u00a0slow-rolling and denials of public records<\/a>\u00a0releases.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the \u2018Super Bowl of books\u2019 \u2013 Why the San Diego Book Crawl is more than just a boost for local bookstores<\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Mireya Miner | Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

Books are his business, but Library Shop SD manager Scott Ehrig-Burgess uses a TV term to describe his feelings about the\u00a0San Diego Book Crawl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always nervous this will be the year it jumps the shark,\u201d Ehrig-Burgess said. \u201cBut, early indications are that people are more excited than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book crawl, which starts Saturday, is an annual event sponsored by the San Diego Library Foundation. Organizers said they started the event nine years ago to draw in bookworms who love to explore the shelves, find new titles and meet other book lovers. It has since grown into one of the largest book crawls in the country, according to Ehrig-Burgess.<\/p>\n

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