Tag: Redevelopment
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Field Guide: The Redevelopment Ruling and City Heights
By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX What is redevelopment? A funding mechanism that allows local governments to keep a portion of property tax money for development in blighted communities.…
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Will Loss of Redevelopment Funds Hurt Affordable Housing?
By Alison St John, Patty Lane and Megan Burks Finding an affordable place to live in San Diego is a challenge. More and more people are being priced out the market which is why it is so important to keep building affordable housing projects. There are laws defining how much affordable housing must be built…
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Before the Tap Runs Dry: What to Expect From Redevelopment
By Megan Burks Last week, the California Supreme Court upheld a law that lets the state squash redevelopment agencies—the groups that, until now, were charged with handling billions of dollars worth of projects in blighted communities. In City Heights, the funds helped lay the groundwork for a neighborhood renaissance, raising the police substation and urban…
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What Is Redevelopment?
By Andrew Donohue [Editor’s Note: Redevelopment as we know it is dead. But what exactly was lost in yesterday’s court ruling? Voiceofsandiego.org explains how redevelopment worked and what its demise could mean for local schools, neighborhoods and affordable housing.] Looking for a way to encourage development in rundown neighborhoods, the state created redevelopment in the 1950s. The…
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Schools May Benefit From Redevelopment Ruling
By Jose Luis Jiménez Richard Barrera sees the elimination of redevelopment agencies as a boon for public education. Not now, but in the future. Gov. Jerry Brown’s current state budget includes about $1.8 billion of redevelopment money, which is being used to help close the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit. That’s why Barrera says the court’s decision…