SB 79 would legalize apartments near transit stations, but both Democrats and Republicans are concerned that it usurps local control.
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The San Diego Housing Commission will receive 470 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help pay rent for San Diegans experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, it was announced Wednesday. -
The agreement, laid out in a consent order filed Monday in San Diego federal court, will make $205,000 payable to 13 victims, according to the document. -
KPBS Midday EditionA temporary moratorium on evictions in San Diego County enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, it was announced Wednesday. -
Nearly $40 million would be directed toward repairing streets and roads in historically underserved communities. -
As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending on public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers. -
Struggles in accessing and using rent relief programs in California, a San Diego lawmaker wants to give fast-food workers more of a voice in the industry, and how San Diego's largest newspaper plans to cover the upcoming recall election. -
Some neighbors fear the 536-home project supported by the San Diego Planning Commission will slow down fire evacuations in Rancho Peñasquitos. But experts say they'll improve. -
San Diego home prices are among the second highest increasing in the nation. -
A bill moving through the California Legislature would make the state the only one in the U.S. to let adults add their parents as dependents on their health insurance. -
The decaying California Theatre will be turned into a high rise with condos, retail space and a hotel. The plan approved by councilmembers satisfies historic preservationists but not affordable housing advocates.
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