Daily Business Report: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
County Ethics Office Investigated County Board Chair, Decided Against Action
By Lisa Halverstadt | Voice of San Diego
In January, the county launched an investigation after a manager at a North Park bar alleged that the chair of the county Board of Supervisors flashed her county government ID at the door when asked to prove she was at least 21 and then accidentally left it behind.
The Part Time Lover manager reported the incident to the county nearly three weeks after the apparent Jan. 10 incident. He claimed that Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer “behaved rudely and acted ‘entitled’” and “insisted she did not need to show identification.” He did not directly interact with Lawson-Remer or witness her interactions with other staff.
A subsequent county probe appeared to come to a halt the day after it started. County officials decided it was too trivial to continue investigating. Lawson-Remer wasn’t reprimanded, interviewed or even notified of the claims until recently.
Governor signs bill letting relatives care for children if parents are deported
By Jeanne Kuang | Calmatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism.
Assembly Bill 495 will also bar daycare providers from collecting immigration information about a child or their parents, and allow parents to nominate a temporary legal guardian for their child in family court.
“We are putting on record that we stand by our families and their right to keep their private information safe, maintain parental rights and help families prepare in case of emergencies,” Newsom said in a press release.
New rules for CalFresh food program mean thousands in San Diego losing benefits
By Jake Kincaid | inewsource
Starting Nov. 1, people using the food assistance program CalFresh, known as SNAP nationally, will have three months to find work before they are kicked off the program.
The new work requirements are part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. A memo published Oct. 3 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified states of the new, earlier deadline to implement the changes.
California had expected regulations to take effect in January because it had an existing waiver exempting all “able-bodied” adults without dependents from the work requirements. The state got the waiver by showing it didn’t have enough jobs. USDA abruptly canceled California’s waiver, along with six other states and territories with full waivers and 25 states with partial waivers.
