SDI/CERC Barometer Finds Fires Touched More than Half of All County
Residents; Estimates 600,000 San Diegans Evacuated but 90,000 Ignored Mandatory Orders to Leave; Public Thinks Government Officials did Excellent or Good Job
Thursday, November 15, 2007
One out of every two San Diego county residents report that they or someone they know had a home destroyed or severely damaged by last month's wildfires according to public opinion research released today by the San Diego Institute for Policy Research (SDI).
Between November 4 and 10, SDI and Competitive Edge Research & Communication (CERC) asked 1,011 county adults about the impacts of the fires and how they feel government officials responded to the crisis. The survey finds that one-quarter were personally touched by the inferno: they, a family member or a friend had a home that was either severely damaged or destroyed. Another 26% know someone else who experienced severe property loss in the fires.
"Making Sure High-Speed Rail Serves San Diego’s Interests"
As Published in the San Diego Daily Transcript; July 17, 2008
W. Erik Bruvold
Thursday, July 17, 2008
When flying between San Diego and Northern California it isn’t unusual to spend more time fighting for a parking spot, standing in the security line, waiting in the terminal and holding on the tarmac than actually flying. It isn’t hard to see why many are saying that there must be a better way....Unfortunately, the current high-speed rail proposal treats San Diegans as second class citizens, seemingly oblivious to the fact that there is a world south of Los Angeles’s Union Station. Unless amended to include guaranteed funding to improve San Diego’s passenger rail connections, the region should strongly unify to oppose the measure...
