Year: 2012
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Field Guide: The Redevelopment Ruling and City Heights
By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX What is redevelopment? A funding mechanism that allows local governments to keep a portion of property tax money for development in blighted communities.…
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Will Loss of Redevelopment Funds Hurt Affordable Housing?
By Alison St John, Patty Lane and Megan Burks Finding an affordable place to live in San Diego is a challenge. More and more people are being priced out the market which is why it is so important to keep building affordable housing projects. There are laws defining how much affordable housing must be built…
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Museum of Contemporary Art to Host ’44th and Landis’ Installation
By Kelly Bennett  Upending the familiar model of art grants going to big institutions, a new program from the San Diego Foundation aims money at individual artists’ ideas. If a museum or an orchestra wants in on the game, it must agree to house or support the selected artists’ work. In a voiceofsandiego.org interview…
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Before the Tap Runs Dry: What to Expect From Redevelopment
By Megan Burks Last week, the California Supreme Court upheld a law that lets the state squash redevelopment agencies—the groups that, until now, were charged with handling billions of dollars worth of projects in blighted communities. In City Heights, the funds helped lay the groundwork for a neighborhood renaissance, raising the police substation and urban…
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ICE Introduces Hotline for Wrongfully Detained Citizens
By Ruxandra Guidi Last month, four U.S. citizens were detained in Los Angeles for shoplifting and other minor crimes. They were then held by immigration authorities as they considered whether or not they should be deported. The case brought on a renewed wave of criticism over immigration enforcement programs, like Secure Communities. The program targets…