I use public transportation, having given up my car. My family is a one-car family. No regrets over it. But I won’t lie, when city buses are constantly late it does start to suck.

Tijuana and San Diego are border-mates. I feel like Tijuana has always felt more urban than San Diego, at least since I can remember stretching back to the 1990s. But San Diego has been growing up in so many ways especially over the last 25 years.

This Tuesday the San Diego City Council will vote on a proposal to disallow most homeless encampments on city sidewalks. The city will -as an alternative- mandate those in violation move to one of two city-owned properties where encampments are legal.