From repurposing an old motel to shipping people off to Campo, we've heard a lot of ideas for addressing homelessness in La Mesa. In this episode, we'll talk to the coordinator of the East County Homeless Task Force, Bonnie Baranoff. She'll share her thoughts on the HOME program here in La Mesa and how you can get involved in the effort to address homelessness in our town. Here are some links you may be inclined to visit after listening: East County Homeless Task Force - https://www.facebook.com/ECHTF/ Point in Time Count: https://www.rtfhsd.org/about-coc/weallcount-pitc/ Op Ed: My family was ..read more

La Mesa, we have an opportunity to make some big money for our city.  We can fund police, fire and arts programs.  And all we have to do is replace some billboards with a different kind of billboard.  Is it worth it?  To find out, we'll talk with Gerda Holmstrom and Janet Castaños. Here's a link to the "Compendium of a Decade’s Worth of Research Studies on Distraction from Digital Billboards" by Jerry Wachtel from the Veridian Group. And here's link to the No Digital Billboards in La Mesa petition ..read more

On September 12, two school boards were filled to the brim with attendees.  Nearly every one of the scores of public comments at both the Grossmont Union High School board and La Mesa-Spring Valley board meetings focused on one issue: policies toward the LGBTQIA+ community. This episode, we talk to teacher and longtime school advocate, Jay Steiger, about the mental health care controversy at Grossmont ..read more

Batteries are back on the menu.  The first episode of Table Talk focused on the large batteries that are going to be installed on El Paso Street.  Those batteries brought a lot of rather interesting concerns to a city council meeting in February.  But the project is still going forward.  We to talk to two of the people who’s responsible for installing those batteries in our neighborhood, James Beach, managing partner of Enersmart and Skyler Tennis, Vice President of Operations ..read more

Our County Board of Supervisors District is holding a special election right now (the deadline is August 15). Manny talked with the candidate endorsed by the San Diego County Democratic Party, Monica Montgomery Steppe. If you've ever wanted to hear from Monica in more than just soundbites, this is your chance ..read more

On July 11, La Mesa City Council vote in favor of a draft ordinance requiring people in our city to keep their guns locked up.  Does that mean that when you hear an intruder entering your home, you’ll have to ask them to pause while you try to remember the combination for your safe?  To answer our questions about this new law, we’re going straight to the source: City Councilmember Jack Shu ..read more

We had quite the night in La Mesa last week. City Councilmember Laura Lothian attempted to put an end to city hall flying the Pride flag during Pride month. So how did THAT work out for her? Joining us to find out is the man who donated the first Pride flag to fly over La Mesa City Hall, Dave Myers ..read more

Giant batteries are coming to La Mesa. Their impending arrival has led to talk of chemtrails, flouridated water and viruses not being real. There have also been some less conspiratorial concerns. Are they safe? Are they noisy? What's the point of these batteries anyway? Let's dive in and see if we can track down some answers ..read more