The city of San Diego recently completed a pilot program in which people transitioning out of homelessness were hired to pick contaminants out of organic waste collected in the city's green bins, it was announced Monday.
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A report by RENTCafe shows the San Diego region has increased its creation of apartment units by 48 percent in 2018.
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Many electric scooter riders in San Diego have been slapped with hefty fines for riding without a helmet. But a bill expected to pass the state legislature would make helmets optional for scooter riders, 18 and older.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Housing Federation declined to place its affordable housing bond on the November 2018 ballot, a move some believe resulted from pressure from convention center advocates pushing their own ballot measure. The federation said it was a purely strategic decision to move it to 2020.
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Lawmakers can avoid the long lines plaguing California's Department of Motor Vehicles offices by visiting an office near the Capitol not open to the public, a decades-old practice under fresh fire as wait times surge.
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The San Diego City Council Thursday rejected an initiative for the November ballot that would have raised the hotel tax to fund convention center expansion, homelessness services and street repairs.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday authorized county staff to enter into negotiations and award up to $25 million for the development of 503 units of affordable housing across seven properties.
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California lawmakers are seeking answers from the Department of Motor Vehicles about hourslong wait times that have prompted public outcry.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe report, by an independent consultant, was presented to the San Diego City Council, acting as the San Diego Housing Authority, on July 31.
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KPBS anchor Maya Trabulsi and SDSU marketing lecturer Miro Copic discuss some of the week’s top business stories.
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The City Council passed a law that makes it illegal for landlords to reject tenant applicants only because their rent is subsidized.
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