Category: Land Use
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Problem Landlord to Unload 30 Apartment Buildings
Bankim Shah’s apartment building in Barrio Logan. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks San Diego landlord Bankim Shah put 30 of his apartment buildings up for sale late this week. Shah came under scrutiny in a Voice of San Diego and KPBS investigation showing a history of housing…
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Whack-A-Mole City Enforcement Keeps Problem Landlords In Business
The city’s code compliance team knocks out thousands of isolated complaints a year, but does little to hold repeat offenders accountable. Residents and city staff have lodged complaints against one landlord for years, but roaches and mold still fester in his apartments. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks…
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San Diego Council Members to Mayor: Make Our Neighborhoods a Budget Priority
And so it begins. The city of San Diego kicked off its six-month-long budget process Wednesday, and council members representing neighborhoods south of Interstate 8 were first up at the podium. Each budget season starts with the city’s nine council members finding consensus on what to fund and then forwarding their recommendations to the mayor.…
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Civic San Diego to Draft Community Benefits Policy for City Heights
Reese Jarrett talks with Myrtle Cole on a vacant lot at Euclid and Hilltop Drive July 25, 2014 | Photo Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks A City Council committee that seemed bent on adding government oversight to San Diego’s former redevelopment agency has made an about-face. The Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee…
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Mid-City Rapid Bus To Start Running Sunday
By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico After years of planning and construction, a new rapid transit bus service is about to get up and running in San Diego. The Mid-City Rapid will run between San Diego State University and downtown San Diego along El Cajon and Park boulevards in 39 minutes. The more…