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Edison Proceeds With Plans To Bury Nuclear Waste At San Onofre Site
- Sept. 18
- By Alison St John
Southern California Edison officials said the company will start burying spent nuclear fuel from the now-closed San Onofre nuclear power plant by the end of this year.
Community Choice Aggregation Critics Want San Diego To Slow Down
- Sept. 18
- By Maureen Cavanaugh, Michael Lipkin
Critics of San Diego's move toward community choice aggregation have formed a coalition questioning a potential plan to let the city buy power separately from San Diego Gas & Electric.
California Lawmakers Send Affordable Housing Fix To Governor
- Sept. 18
- By Associated Press
The three major pieces of the deal include a $4 billion housing bond, a new $75 fee on real estate transaction documents, and a bill to streamline building regulations that can hamper developers looking to construct low-cost apartments and homes. Brown plans to sign them.
San Diego Resettlement Agency Seeks New Leadership After Investigation
- Sept. 18
- By Tarryn Mento
After a posting for the position appeared online last week, the IRC's national office confirmed the San Diego executive director is no longer with the agency.
San Diego Wants To Be An Even More Welcoming City To Newcomers
- Sept. 14
- By Tarryn Mento
San Diego's long history of immigrant and refugee resettlement paints the city as a welcoming community but a new initiative aims to improve the integration process for newcomers.
San Diego To Consider Regulating Short-Term Rentals As City Becomes 4th-Busiest AirBnB Market
- Sept. 14
- By City News Service
San Diego was the fourth-busiest market for online vacation rental agency Airbnb this summer, the firm reported Thursday.
Report Delivered On Tiny Home Communities As Transitional Housing
- Sept. 13
- By Alison St John
Temporary communities of tiny homes may be one of the options the City of San Diego eventually considers, as it looks for ways to move the growing number of people who are homeless off the streets.
City Council Committee Sets Emergency Declaration On Homelessness In Motion
- Sept. 13
- By City News Service
A City Council committee Wednesday unanimously directed the City Attorney's office to draft an emergency declaration over a lack of shelter space, which has exacerbated a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A among San Diego's homeless population.
Union-Tribune Columnist Who Delved Into Homelessness Retires
- Sept. 13
- By Michael Lipkin
In the midst of the county's hepatitis A outbreak, columnist Dan McSwain did not hesitate to take city of San Diego leaders to task. The city, he wrote, faces "full-blown crises of public safety and public health, the twin imperatives of any functioning government."
County Board Of Supervisors Approves Creation of Housing Trust Fund
- Sept. 12
- By City News Service
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday took the first step toward creating a $25 million trust fund that will allow county government to directly invest in affordable housing.