Tag Archives: SDUT
March 19, 2021
Opinion: Disproportionate Impact of COVID Deaths in Communities of Color
Opinion: In one year of the pandemic, here’s what I’ve learned as a health care provider in San Diego By CHRISTIAN RAMERS Ramers, M.D., is a specialist in infectious diseases and the chief of population health at Family Health Centers of San Diego. He lives in Burlingame. This week marks one year since public health …
January 17, 2021
Two steps forward, one step back in history of racial equity
By JEFF MCDONALD, LYNDSAY WINKLEY January, 17, 2021 San Diego County supervisors last week formally defined racism as a public health crisis, acknowledging for the first time that a broad and baked-in prejudice underpins virtually every aspect of public policy. The unanimous declaration came days ahead of the national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin …
October 1, 2020
City of San Diego and FHCSD Terminate Navigation Center Contract
City of San Diego ousts homeless service provider, which said Navigation Center was unworkable By GARY WARTH SAN DIEGO — The city of San Diego has terminated its contract with the service provider running its Housing Navigation Center downtown. City officials said they will take it over next month and rename it and they will base its homeless …
June 27, 2020
Phenomenal San Diego women in advocacy and empowerment
PHENOMENAL WOMEN SERIES The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Women’s Museum of California are celebrating a century of female achievement in San Diego to mark the 100th year of women’s suffrage in America. By JOHN WILKENS, PAM KRAGEN, KAREN KUCHER, LAUREN J. MAPP Laura Rodriguez The bulldozer was no match for Laura Rodriguez. It arrived in April 1970 …
