Remember when San Diego was known as “America’s Finest City”? Back then, it was the model of good governance with competent political leadership under mayors like Pete Wilson, who went on to become governor with a reputation for fiscal prudence. Regrettably, San Diego has slipped into the same bad governance morass in which other major cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco find themselves. This is especially true when it comes to taxes. For San Diego politicians, there is double trouble. First, San Diego imposed a first-ever trash fee on single-family homes, which has generated a lot of hostility...