By Roran Ausman, Legislative Team member The upcoming presidential election has made for some colorful headlines in recent months. But most people haven’t heard quite as much about state and local issues that will be on the same ballot on November 5th (or sooner if you vote by mail!). To read the SanDiego350 voter guide, […]

By Daniel Hernandez (he/him) South Bay Community Liaison Intern ¡Por fin! (finally!) I’m excited to announce SanDiego350’s South Bay Clean Energy Education Program as the youth intern. We will work together to end our overreliance on fossil fuels by educating students about clean energy and how we can contribute to a greener future as high-schoolers. […]

By Emma Rodriquez, SanDiego350 Volunteer Coordinator Since 2022, SanDiego350 has advocated for Let’s Go! San Diego- a county-wide, half cent sales tax that will permanently fund our region’s badly-needed transportation projects. This week we’ve got the official designation, straight from the County Registrar of Voters, that will appear on millions of ballots: Measure G!  Measure […]

By Sofia Carrasco (she/her) and Kobi Schneider (he/him) Vote for Climate Campaign Co-Leads The upcoming November election is critical for many reasons, one of the most urgent being our response to the climate crisis. That is why, beginning this August, Youth v. Oil will be officially kicking off its Vote For Climate campaign, an effort […]

This month, we interviewed SanDiego350 volunteer, Katrina Olson to share about their climate activism. Katrina writes SD350’s volunteer newsletters.  How did you first get involved with SD350, and when was that? I became involved 5 years ago, right after I retired and we moved to San Diego. What drives your activism? Climate change, to me, […]

The local youth-led campaign was instrumental in securing City resolutions in support of keeping the law to protect neighborhoods from toxic drilling San Diego, CA – After months of advocacy and activism from grassroots organizations and frontline communities, including Youth v. Oil in San Diego, last night (June 26) Big Oil withdrew its referendum to overturn […]

By Taarika Sethee and Allison Lee, SD350 youth climate leaders Also published on The Jumping Off Place Youth4Climate’s 2024 Summit, themed Rise Up Rooted, was an unforgettable gathering of passionate young minds and hearts. Over 50 activists, 37 of them youth, came together at KIPP Adelante Prep Academy to learn about and drive forward climate […]

By Roran Ausman, SD350 Volunteer Also published on The Jumping Off Point Starting off the morning of World Ocean Day (June 8th) eating breakfast on the beach seemed fitting. It should have been serene, but seeing the empty waters of Imperial Beach a few days after reading Surfrider’s Clean Water Report, and knowing it’s been […]

By Chris Roberts, Transportation Team Leader Co-lead, SanDiego350 Also published on The Jumping Off Place On May 31, 2024, a remarkable rally was held at one of San Diego’s most dangerous intersections for pedestrians and bicyclists: Market and 19th Street in Sherman Heights. At that intersection, in 2020, Jason Gordon was crossing the street when he […]

“Under the best of circumstances, we will see global catastrophe with highly-populated regions becoming uninhabitable.” By Joel Martin, Climate Writer Read the original article from The Jumping-Off Place, a new progressive news outlet. There is no point in sugar coating this. We almost certainly passed the 1.5 degree Celsius global temperature increase target last year and 2024 is […]