Tag: Development

  • City Council to Consider Raising Fee That Funds Affordable Housing

    By Andrew Keatts The city of San Diego charges developers a fee on new commercial buildings, which it uses to help pay for subsidized housing units in the city. Advocates are asking the City Council to raise the fee on Nov. 4. Since it was implemented in 1990, it’s been called a “linkage fee” –…

  • Tweet City Heights: Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star

    By Megan Burks Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star to Head Planning Department Mayor Bob Filner announced this week he’s hired former Ventura mayor and prominent sustainable development expert Bill Fulton to head the city’s planning department. U-T San Diego described his orders: “To take in livability, pedestrian-friendly community development, economic development, affordable housing and…

  • A Case of ‘Planning Fatigue’ in City Heights

    Sonia Weksler participates in an August 2012 WalkSanDiego study of El Cajon Boulevard and other business corridors in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks A group of City Heights residents assembled at the local library last month to learn about the latest study being conducted in their neighborhood. The City Heights…

  • Tweet City Heights: Criminal Charges Unlikely for Drivers Who Hit Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Drivers Who Hit Cyclists Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges City Heights resident and bike blogger Sam Ollinger has been tracking the cases of cyclists who were killed or injured by cars in recent months. She wants to know whether the drivers face criminal charges. In San Diego, it seems they rarely do,…