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County Leaders Still Eyeing County-Backed Tax Hike

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By Lisa Halverstadt Verified
| Voice of San Diego Verified
County leaders are keeping their options open for a future county-backed tax hike as a citizens coalition pushes a November sales tax measure. Officials in late April quietly extended a contract with consultants tasked with researching and poll-testing potential county revenue options for a Board of Supervisors subcommittee led by Chair Terra Lawson-Remer and Vice Chair Monica Montgomery Steppe. The extension is for up to two years and the price tag remains up to $320,000.
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County Official Was on the Clock Day of Fatal Hit-and-Run

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By Lisa Halverstadt Verified
| Voice of San Diego Verified
A county health official charged with a fatal hit-and-run in Southcrest last month was working the day of the crash, according to county records. Assmaa Elayyat, a deputy director with the county’s Self Sufficiency Services, on Friday, May 22, allegedly veered off the road, struck and killed 27-year-old Katie Osorio while she waited for a bus on 35th Street and National Avenue. Elayyat then allegedly drove away after her car initially got caught in a tree, only to be arrested by police soon after.
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Whistleblower Warned County of Ex-Contractor’s Past Crimes

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By Lisa Halverstadt Verified
| Voice of San Diego Verified
County officials knew by January 2023 that a top executive for an ex-county contractor now embroiled in a criminal case involving public money previously served time for embezzlement – and still awarded the organization she helped lead a contract worth more than $1 million annually the following year.
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