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Shelter Operations Have Helped the Vulnerable – and the Convention Center Itself
The Convention Center’s decision to host shelter operations has proven to be a smart business move during a pandemic that left many event centers vacant. Now, with new guidance from the state, Convention Center managers are preparing to transition back into an events center.
When the pandemic halted travel last year, the Convention Center’s financial outlook looked bleak.
The decision to transform the center long considered a leading economic engine of the region’s tourism economy into a shelter – first for homeless San Diegans and now for young migrants – won praise as a humanitarian effort. But it also helped the Convention Center avoid the most dire financial outcomes, and saved some jobs.
Gloria continues to ignore questions about two thorny issues facing the City despite repeated requests for comments and numerous opportunities to address the growing scandals.
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San Diego’s new mayor and the newly formed City Council expect to find out Thursday what’s actually in the bids to win the city’s new electric and gas franchise agreement and determine if more than one company made a submission that meets the minimum requirements the city has sought.
After Mayor Todd Gloria on Tuesday morning called for the council to hold a special meeting to disclose the bids, City Council President Jennifer Campbell placed it on the docket for 10 a.m. Thursday.
However, the meeting will not determine which company if any will win the new agreement because the meeting has been listed as an “informational” item before the council, not a voting item.