Cities around the state are trying to circumvent California’s new law allowing duplexes to be built on properties previously zoned as single family. Their methods include everything from removing parking and forbidding vehicle ownership to requiring arbitrary amounts of mature vegetation.
Sempra Energy, the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric, earned $1.25 billion in profits in 2021, according to its earnings report released Friday morning. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath wants to know why SDG&E increased rates amidst high profits. Meanwhile, Coronado is out of compliance with state affordable housing laws, but the state doesn’t appear to be taking action on it anytime soon. Plus, author Heather McGhee discusses her book on how racist politics in America costs everyone, as part of a Black History month lecture series from the San Diego Public Library and the University of San Diego Copley Library.