Category: Growth and Housing
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Mayor Gloria Begins ‘Parks For All Of Us’ Initiative, Calling For Equity
The initiative includes an emphasis on acquiring new parkland, designates the Chollas Creek watershed as the newest regional park and identifies other efforts needed to ensure the plan is successful. https://www.kpbs.org/news/evening-edition/2021/06/02/mayor-gloria-begins-parks-all-us-initiative-callin
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Friday Night Event In City Heights Looks To Help Residents Tap Rental And Utility Aid Programs
Now flush with cash, state and local governments in California are trying to get help as quickly as possible to people who need help paying their bills during the pandemic. https://www.kpbs.org/news/quality-of-life/2021/05/28/event-friday-night-city-heights-looks-help-residen
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Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego
Illustration by Adriana Heldiz In the closing months of his administration, Mayor Kevin Faulconer is pushing a major housing reform that would make it easier for developers to build taller buildings with rent-controlled apartments near transit, riling community groups. What the plan would not do, though, is touch the vast swaths of the city in…
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As Moratoriums End, An Eviction Crisis Looms Over San Diego County
Local and statewide moratoriums have kept a wave of possible evictions on hold for months now. But many of those moratoriums are set to expire in the coming weeks. If legislators don’t act, thousands of San Diego residents could end up on the street.
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Somali Family Service Census Message
Somali Family Service would like to remind everyone about the importance of being counted in the 2020 Census.