Kids should be out riding their bikes. They should also make it home safe.

That's the whole idea behind our free Bike Helmet Giveaway. On Saturday, October 10, we're teaming up with the Escondido Fire Department to hand out free helmets to North County families.

A car seat is not optional equipment, and it is not cheap. For a lot of families, replacing one that a child has outgrown means putting off something else.

Formula is one of those costs that does not wait. When a family is stretched thin, it is often the first thing that becomes hard to cover, and there is no substitute for it.

Kids are back on their bikes, riding to school, to practice, and around the neighborhood. A properly fitted helmet is the single best thing a parent can do to keep those rides safe.

Every year it happens the same way. We go weeks without a drop of rain, everybody forgets what a wet winter feels like, and then one storm rolls through and suddenly there's water in the road, mud coming off a hillside in Fallbrook, and a line of cars at the fire station at nine o'clock at night.

Join us for a community diaper giveaway, hosted in partnership with the County of San Diego.

You may remember the charter amendment three of my colleagues put forward. They called it "modernizing the San Diego County Charter to strengthen transparency, accountability and independent oversight."

Every day, I hear the same concern from families across San Diego County: “Is our government spending our tax dollars responsibly?”

I want to share an important update from the County that directly affects your family’s cost of living.

Yesterday, I brought forward a proposal calling on the County to take a clear stand against new taxes. Unfortunately, my colleagues rejected it. I was disappointed — but not discouraged.