Daily Business Report: October 19, 2026
Midway Rising Advances But Council Insists Affordable Housing Should Be ‘New’
By Scott Lewis | Voice of San Diego
Friday, a committee of the San Diego City Council advanced the project that Midway Rising leaders have been working on for five years.
It was a moment that had been building for years. Union members who have advocated for it every step of the way cheered loudly in the City Council Chambers. But the Midway Rising hurried out and issued a simple written statement attributed to Brad Termini, from Zephyr Partners.
“We’re honored to receive a unanimous 4-0 vote in support of Midway Rising from the City’s Land Use and Housing Committee and look forward to presenting this transformational project to the full City Council in the weeks ahead,” Termini wrote.
The race for lithium Is becoming a race for water
by Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros and Wyatt Myskow | Inside Climate News
On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant lot. Its owner, he said, is one of many investors drawn to the arid Imperial Valley by a critical mineral propelling the green energy transition.
“They buy it up and leave it, just waiting for the opportunity,” Cooper said of the land investors.
Now, with each gust of desert wind, dust drifts from the lot into the yards of two adjacent schools. Often, the buildings disappear behind a haze and the schoolchildren gasp for air, said Cooper, who moved here from San Diego years ago.
Should California Change How It Does Recall Elections?
by Nadia Lathan | Voice of San Diego
Of the 14 propositions on the November ballot, quite a few have flown under the radar, including ones that’d change how California conducts recall elections and another to allow public money to finance political candidates.
But first, let’s set the scene.
It’s 2021, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and Republicans just accomplished a historic feat: an effort to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has qualified for the ballot, only the second time that’s happened to any sitting governor.
