San Diego County sent most of its rent relief money to ineligible cities
A study of COVID-19’s impact on the San Diego regional economy found $4.8 billion in lost wages during the first six months of the pandemic.
Author: Cody Dulaney | inewsource
Updated: 5:21 PM PST February 2, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A $27 million rental assistance program the county Board of Supervisors launched in August was supposed to help 10,000 low-income families impacted by COVID-19 who had nowhere else to turn.
But that’s exactly what happened.
An inewsource analysis of ZIP code data shows roughly three-quarters of the county’s money spent through December went to help residents in San Diego, El Cajon, Chula Vista and La Mesa — cities that had rent relief programs and money still to spend.