The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees loans supporting more than four million apartments nationwide, is considering imposing rent controls. This would discourage improvements and new construction.
The San Diego City Council and County Board of Supervisors want to set a goal of building 10,000 affordable homes on publicly owned land by 2030. Then, emergency COVID-19 tenant protections are set to end Friday in the city of San Diego and some renters are worried their housing situations could be in jeopardy. Next, a new report from the San Diego Hunger Coalition finds nearly 40 percent of Black and Latino San Diegans are experiencing food insecurity. Then, questions are being raised about why the California Department of Education has not yet released its statewide school test results from the spring. Finally, what can California’s Reparations Task Force learn from the Japanese American movement for redress?
In the first of a new column, Jesse Marx tells the story of three San Diegans who, like many others, went into the COVID-19 pandemic earning far below what they need to make ends meet and are still struggling.
As ICU capacities continue to dip, coronavirus positive cases within the local Latino community stay high. Leaders within the Latino community are now pleading with people to stay home during the holidays.