The Gloria Files

The Machine: How Todd Gloria's Campaign Committees Move Corporate Money Past Every Safeguard

How Todd Gloria's Campaign Committees Move Corporate Money Past Every Safeguard

We followed the money. All of it.

The Donors

The Full Network Map of Todd Gloria's Corporate Roster

The donor list tells a story the campaign website doesn't.

The Payoff: What Todd Gloria's Donors Got for Their Money

What Todd Gloria's Donors Got for Their Money

$24,999. One dollar below the disclosure threshold. It happened more than once.

The System: Every Safeguard Failed. None of Them Were Broken.

Every Safeguard Failed. None of Them Were Broken.

Every safeguard failed. Not one of them was broken. That's the point.

The Parking Play: How One Family Has Controlled San Diego's Public Parking for 76 Years

The Budget Chose Who Could Afford To Be Cut

How Mayor Gloria's $118M deficit became a loyalty test — and who failed it

The categories Gloria cut all share one structural trait: they cannot legally donate back. The categories he protected all have PAC capacity. The alignment is perfect. 72 hours until the first hearing.

The Sign Lie: How a Yellow A-Frame Hides a $30M Police Raise

Part 4 of the meter saga

San Diego doubled parking rates for "deficit relief." The IBA says $8.6M went to police — to fund raises Gloria signed 19 months before the vote. The yellow sign is on 6% of the take.

On Saturday The Library Is Closed: How San Diego Chose The Budget Crisis