San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis

The Yearlong Campaign to Introduce You to Your Homeless Neighborsnew

What good did it do?

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 07-16-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: homelessness, Homeless, San Diego, housing & development, shelters

Do Sex Offender Registries Work?new

The term "sex offender" conjures a kind of monolithic image -- one that's reinforced by the news media and tough-on-crime politicians, despite evidence to the contrary. Misperception and fear, rather than good empirical research, seem to be what drives sex-offender laws. A case in point is a new law that takes effect this week in San Diego.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 04-16-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: law, recidivism, residency restrictions, San Diego, sex offender registries, sex offenders, crime & justice

'Ban the Box' Aims to Reduce Job Barriers for Ex-Consnew

The box is the one that anyone who's filled out a job application might recall: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" Advocates argue that the box deters people with criminal records from applying for jobs, and it promotes discrimination.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 03-05-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

The Politics of Addictionnew

Methadone is the "gold standard" for getting addicts off heroin -- just not in San Diego County.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 01-30-2008 | Drugs

Tags: Drugs

San Diego Needle Exchange Tries to Stay Low-Keynew

Though the program has the support of the mayor and a majority of City Council members, and though it's causing the police no grief, and though the state Department of Pubic Health's Office of AIDS recently allocated funding for the city to expand its program, some vocal opponents remain imposing forces.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 01-02-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Immigration Debate is Breeding Ground for Ugly Commentarynew

Some people think the sort of anonymous free expression one finds in online reader forums is not only unproductive -- it's also stirring up aggression.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 12-05-2007 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration

California Fires: What Mattersnew

Maybe the Buddhists are on to something with their no-possessions mantra.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 10-24-2007 | Disasters

Tags: California, fires, materialism, disasters

Mayor Has a Change of Heart on Same-Sex Marriagenew

San Diego's mayor, a Republican who in the past has pledged support for same-sex civil unions but not marriage, changed his position and signed a resolution that allowed San Diego to join 19 other California cities and counties in collectively submitting a legal document known as an amicus curiae brief in a state Supreme Court case.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 09-26-2007 | LGBT

Tags: gay & lesbian issues

Animal Activist Freednew

Danae Kelley, the 23-year-old animal-rights activist who was jailed after an Aug. 18 protest of Huntingdon Life Sciences, was released from custody last Wednesday after the District Attorney's Office chose not to file charges against her.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 08-30-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues

Pure Poetry: San Diego CityBeat's Annual Bar & Club Guidenew

In honor of a good drink and a good rhyme, CityBeat broke out the rhyming dictionaries and hit up some of our favorite watering holes to create as accurate-as-possible lists of amenities.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis, Edwin Decker, Sheena Hamilton, Troy Johnson, Kia Momtazi, Kinsee Morlan, Justin Roberts, David Rolland, Tina Safi, AnnaMaria Stephens, Kim Swain, Eric Wolff and Candice Woo | 08-30-2007 | Recreation

Tags: bars & clubs