UPDATED Mello-Roos: The Tax You Choose
San Diego County property owners have paid more than $1 billion since 2013 in Mello-Roos taxes. Click below to search the updated data for the latest two tax years.
California SAT Scores 2016-2017
This database shows the percent of students, by school and district, who met the “college and career readiness” benchmarks set by the College Board for the 2016-2017 SAT tests in California.
Political Party Spending On Candidates
The San Diego County Democratic and Republican parties spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each election to support or oppose candidates running for office.
San Diego City Council Primary Election Results
San Diego voters got to cast ballots on June 5, 2018, in four City Council districts. It was the first time in the city that November runoffs were mandatory, even if a candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary.
Outside Spending: San Diego County 2018 Election
Political action committees can spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or opposing candidates for office, as long as they don't coordinate with those candidates.
San Diego County District Attorney’s Race: Outside Spending
Seven political action committees have spent more than $1 million on mailers, commercials and other methods in the San Diego County district attorney's race.
Follow The Money: City Of San Diego 2018 Campaign Contributions
Search every itemized contribution made from Jan. 1, 2017, through April 21, 2018, for San Diego 2018 elections.
Election Results In San Diego's June 5, 2018, Primary
Candidates, PACs and political parties spent millions of dollars trying to sway voters in six high-profile San Diego County races. Here’s how voters cast their ballots in those contests.
Follow The Money: San Diego County 2018 Elections
Voters can use campaign finance data to see who is funding the efforts of political candidates or groups that support or oppose ballot measures.
Party Loyalty Among San Diego County’s U.S. House Members
With the growing partisanship in Congress, voting records can reveal the key issues where politicians disagree with their party.
San Diego Living Wage Law Compliance Reviews
From fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2017, the city of San Diego did 77 reviews to determine if its contractors were complying with the living wage law.
San Diego County Homeless Students: 2016-2017
New data show more than 23,800 students were homeless last year in San Diego County — a record high and a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year.
UPDATED: San Diego County's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
Diversity in San Diego County neighborhoods reflect historic discrimination, housing costs and migration patterns.
San Diego County Income Inequality Increases Despite Low Unemployment
Income inequality in San Diego County continues to increase despite some of the lowest unemployment numbers since the late 1990s.
Remedial Coursework Performance In California Community Colleges
Enter your address or Zip code to see how students performed at nearby community colleges, broken down by race, college and subject.
California Community Colleges: Remedial Pass Rates
This searchable database shows the number and percent of students, by race and college, who pass remedial level English and math classes at California community colleges after two years.
America's Wall
Using previously undisclosed data from the federal government, we were able to create an interactive map that shows every mile of the current wall along with when it was constructed.
U.S. Financial Responsibility Composite Scores
This searchable database shows the financial responsibility scores of for-profit and non-profit educational institutions in the United States for the 2014-2015 school year.
Diabetes-Related Amputations 2010-2016
The population-adjusted rate of diabetes-related amputations in California increased by more than 31 percent from 2010 to 2016.
U.S. House: Gift Travel
Nonprofits, companies and think tanks spend thousands of dollars sending members of Congress and their staff around the world.
Hospice Compare: San Diego County
This searchable database shows scoring for hospice care facilities in San Diego County, based on a percentage score for seven separate quality control measures.
Los Angeles Code Enforcement Complaints
Search your Los Angeles neighborhood for complaints filed with the LA Dept. of Building and Safety.
California AP Scores 2011-2017
Advanced Placement tests are college-level tests administered by The College Board that allow high school students to earn college credits early.
Mello-Roos: The Tax You Choose
San Diego County property owners have paid more than $1 billion since 2013 in Mello-Roos taxes, and not all are created equal.
California ACT Scores 2011-2017
The ACT test is based on four distinct sections in science, math, reading and English.
California SAT Scores 2011-2016
For the 2015-2016 school year, The College Board identified the SAT pass rate as students who achieve ERW SAT scores at or above 480, and Math SAT scores at or above 530.
By The Numbers: San Diego's Haves And Have-Nots
San Diego's highest (and lowest) income inequality.
Issa’s And Peters’ Voting Records Show Contrasting Degrees Of Party Loyalty
Issa’s and Peters’ voting records show contrasting degrees of party loyalty by inewsource.
Google Earth Engine Shows San Diego's Changing Landscape
Watch sprawl change San Diego over the past three decades. It’s mesmerizing.
This Live Global Map Lets You See Pollution In A Whole New Way
Now you can see pollution rising up from cities and spreading around the globe on wind currents in nearly real time.
A Decade Later, San Diego’s Living Wage Law Quiets Critics, Offers Enforcement Lessons
Wage laws are intended to help reduce poverty, but they are often violated by employers.
Homeless Emergency In San Ysidro Schools Escalates With Grant Loss
Since the 2010-11 school year, the San Ysidro School District has led all other districts in San Diego County in the proportion of students considered homeless.
Fewer Vaccinations Threaten San Diego’s Collective Immunity
The number of kindergarteners not up to date on their vaccinations at San Diego County schools varies widely.
San Diego's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
Measuring real diversity is a nuanced and sometimes imperfect science.
Poverty In San Diego County Higher Than During Great Recession
Despite years of steady job gains, the share of San Diegans living in poverty has grown in the years following the Great Recession.
City of San Diego Zoning & Building Complaints
Bedbugs, barking dogs and substandard housing: Mapping San Diego’s complaints
