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San Diego’s Urban Agriculture Ordinance Sprouts New Business Opportunities
This spring marks the first anniversary of a city ordinance that lets residents keep chickens, goats and bees in their backyards. The relaxed homesteading rules have had a major impact on business at City Farmers Nursery in City Heights. | Video by Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers This spring marks…
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Marten’s Biggest Task: Defining ‘Quality’ Schools
By Will Carless Incoming San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten believes taxpayers have the right to know how their schools are doing. She thinks everyone should have access to fair and wide-ranging assessments of local schools, so the public can know that their money is being well-spent, and so parents can make well-informed decisions about…
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Fair Housing Month: Addressing Discrimination
By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to a KPBS Midday Edition interview on Fair Housing The Fair Housing Act was passed 45 years ago but many San Diegans aren’t aware of how it protects against discrimination in housing. Mary Scott Knoll, executive director of the Fair Housing Council of…
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SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes for Low-Income Students
Alfredo Mendez, 18, says buying a monthly bus pass to get to school and internships is a heavy burden for his mom, a single parent who makes minimum wage. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks “SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes Program,” Aired April 10 on KPBS News [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FREEBUS1-meb.mp3] City Heights youths chanted…
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Section 8, Zero Tolerance and One Family Pushed to the Brink
As zero tolerance falls out of fashion in other sectors, a Clinton-era housing rule remains and puts families at risk of homelessness. Cheryl Canson and her two children know the impact it can have first-hand. Because a family member committed a crime in their home, the entire family lost its Section 8 voucher and now…