Tag: Affordable Housing
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San Diego Explained: Meet San Diego’s New Council President
After voters ousted San Diego City Council President Myrtle Cole in November, officials have rallied behind Councilwoman Georgette Gomez to become the next City Council president. Gomez represents District 9, which includes City Heights and other areas. As the new Council president and chair of the Metropolitan Transit System, she’s now poised to become one…
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Prop 10 Brings Rent Control Debate Boiling To The Surface
California’s Proposition 10 would help clear the way for local jurisdictions to expand or implement rent control, but opponents think it would further harm the housing affordability crisis.
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City Heights Nearly Tops List Of Hottest Zip Codes For County Home Sales
By Tarryn Mento The backyard of Tracy King’s rental property in City Heights is what he calls an urban farm. The two-bedroom craftsman features a vegetable garden, fruit trees, a chicken coop and scores of flowers, from roses to milkweed. The latter helps form “butterfly alley,” where monarchs feed and breed before migrating south, he…
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Who’s the Establishment Candidate in San Diego Council District 9?
By Megan Burks The neighborhoods that make up San Diego’s City Council District 9 have stark differences. Low-income residents in City Heights and Southcrest share their council member with upper-middle class residents in Kensington and the College Area. The four Democrats running in the June 7 election to represent those communities aren’t as distinctive, yet…
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Emerald Wants Zombie Redevelopment Dollars for City Heights
By Andrew Keatts Councilman David Alvarez calls it the Catch-22 of San Diego development. Where development is economically viable, it isn’t politically viable. And where it’s politically viable, it isn’t economically viable. In the end, you’ve got developers desperate to build in areas that don’t want it, and areas desperate for development that developers won’t…