Anne Wernikoff
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CalMatters
The bill, among the most controversial housing proposals in recent memory, overcame opposition from local governments, organized labor unions and many legislative Democrats.
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The building is more than 50 years old and beyond repair, city officials said. It's one of five blocks of city-owned real estate in downtown that leaders hope to revitalize. -
San Diego city leaders Monday lifted an annual moratorium on public and private construction activity near the beach during the summer in an effort to speed up construction. -
"City officials are attempting to approve the 101 Ash St. (disposition and development agreement) and ground lease and related documents while concealing their essential terms from public scrutiny," the complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court reads. -
Supervisor Jim Desmond called SB 79 an “attack on the American dream”; Rep. Scott Peters said the American dream is opportunity. -
More than 20 Democratic-led states have sued President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school and summer programs and other programs. -
Clean-energy projects have new deadlines for federal tax credits and limits on foreign parts, taking aim at California’s climate agenda. Eleven major solar projects and one onshore wind project now face potential delays or cancellation. -
California progressives, who have long struggled for influence, hope to break through to mainstream voters by challenging the establishment and rejecting corporate spending. -
Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system. -
San Diego and dozens of other cities are taking federal agencies to court, claiming they're being strong-armed into supporting President Trump's policies in exchange for billions in grant funding. -
Some local union workers at Republic Services are honoring a strike in Boston by not crossing the picket line, leaving trash in bins along the sides of Chula Vista and other South Bay area street
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