Category: Featured
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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…
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What Is Redevelopment?
By Andrew Donohue [Editor’s Note: Redevelopment as we know it is dead. But what exactly was lost in yesterday’s court ruling? Voiceofsandiego.org explains how redevelopment worked and what its demise could mean for local schools, neighborhoods and affordable housing.] Looking for a way to encourage development in rundown neighborhoods, the state created redevelopment in the 1950s. The…