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.