A select group of locals will get a sizable break on the cost to live at a first-of-its-kind Scripps Ranch apartment community where 20 percent of units will be set aside for very low-income workers.
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Lee is the co-chair of the San Diego Asian Pacific Islander (API) Coalition and executive director of Pacific Arts Movement (presenter of the San Diego Asian Film Festival), and lives in Mira Mesa.
The Asian Pacific Islander (API) community commemorated Lunar New Year on Friday, almost one year after the United States reported its first case of COVID-19 community transmission. Yet long before the pandemic’s inevitable spread, API communities were already dealing with another insidious disease racism and xenophobia.
As early as January 2020, reports surfaced of small businesses facing declining patronage and individuals across the country being victims of hate as the novel coronavirus began to spread globally. Fueled by the former president’s penchant for applying labels rather than applying strategic solutions, the uptick in anti-API sentiment was documented by the national Stop AAPI Hate campaign which saw 1,497 reported incidents in its first four weeks of existence.
SD Residential and Business Evictions Stopped Again Through September
By Sandra G. Leon
The San Diego City Council voted on Tuesday to extend a citywide hold on evictions that was set to expire on June 30th and will give renters more relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Council had previously put in place a moratorium on evictions through June 30th and the extension will now protect both residential and business renters through the end of September. Landlords are not allowed to evict renters for non-payment of rent during the moratorium.
Councilmembers Chris Ward, Vivian Moreno, Jen Campbell, Monica Montgomery, and Council President Georgette Gomez voted in favor of the extension. Councilmembers Barbara Bry, Scott Sherman, Mark Kersey, and Chris Cate voted against it.