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Voice of San Diego
A June incident where El Cajon police repeatedly declined to help a civilian crisis response team emphasizes the challenges tied to the department’s decision to stop responding to some crisis calls.
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While projects in the Bay Area and Los Angeles are recommended for more than $400 million, San Diego will likely get zero dollars under the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant program. -
The protocols will apply to all Taxicabs, Jitney, Low-Speed, Charter and Nonemergency Medical (NEM) Transport Vehicles. -
In order to help ensure that the recovery from COVID-19 is equitable for San Diegans of color, county supervisor Nathan Fletcher is spearheading the creation of the COVID-19 Taskforce for Equitable Recovery. -
The enforcement will begin with a two-week grace period, during which violators will receive written warnings. Citations with corresponding fines will be issued beginning July 15. -
The budget — the largest in the commission's history — is $72 million, or 16% bigger than last year's budget, according to Rick Gentry, the San Diego Housing Commission's president and CEO. Officials said $428 million is already tied directly to budget items and more than $90 million will be kept in reserves for amended and emergency items throughout the year. -
Beginning Monday, the UC San Diego Blue Line trolley — which connects the San Ysidro international border to downtown San Diego — will increase its service frequency to every 7 1/2 minutes from 4:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., and keep 15-minute frequencies until 9 p.m., followed by every 30 minutes until the end of the service day. -
The commission awarded a loan of more than $6.75 million for the construction of Mid-City Senior Apartments. The loan consists of $5 million from San Diego's Affordable Housing Fund and $1.75 million from the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program. -
He has used Twitter to highlight many beneficiaries of the CARES Act money in the last several days, including other transportation agencies. Rob Schupp, spokesman for MTS, said the funding was not new, as the agency has known about the CARES Act funding for a month. -
That's prompting objections from lawmakers and advocates that they may be acting too soon and disproportionately harming minorities in the midst of civil unrest over the deaths of black people at the hands of police. The state’s Judicial Council in early April delayed all eviction cases. -
According to a county staff report, the project has been reduced from 809 acres to 579, increases open space from 649 acres to 961, and increases the number of residential units for a total of 1,266.
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