Category: News
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Judge Denies Injunction On Open Taxi Market In San Diego
Cabdriver Abdikadir Abdisalan and Institute for Justice Attorney Keith Diggs talk to the press outside of the Hall of Justice, where a judge heard arguments for and against an injunction on the city’s plan to issue more taxi permits, April 28, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks A judge has ruled the…
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Wait Times Grow Longer In San Diego For Section 8 Housing
By Megan Burks San Diegans who receive rental assistance are having a harder time finding landlords willing to accept their Section 8 vouchers. San Diego Housing Commission Vice President Jeff Davis said the house hunt for Section 8 tenants has stretched from about 30 days to 45. The vacancy rate for rentals in the county…
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How the Fall of Saigon Made City Heights a Refugee Hub
Some 50,000 Vietnamese refugees passed through Camp Pendleton in the months following the fall of Saigon. The size and duration of the crisis caused a shift in the way the United States approached resettlement, and paved the path for Burmese, East African and Iraqi refugees arriving in San Diego today. Media Arts Center videographer Brian…
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Emerald Wants Her Chief of Staff to Take Over San Diego Council Seat
Ricardo Flores, chief of staff to San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald, announces he will seek her council seat in District 9 next year, April 22, 2015. | Video Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler Councilwoman Marti Emerald officially endorsed on Wednesday her chief of staff to replace her on the San Diego City Council. Last…
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San Diego Mayor Calls for Special Substandard Housing Enforcement Team
Karina Villanueva shows KPBS and Voice of San Diego a photo of mold above her shower on Nov. 20, 2014. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Derelict landlords beware: Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s draft budget is out Monday and it includes money for a team dedicated to rooting out…