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April 22, 2024 at 11:30 pm on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingIN case you haven't noticed, 'build, build, build' has been the developer elite's mantra for decades; to say the 'government is owned by the unions'...- April 22, 2024 at 11:26 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachWe reposted that a couple of weeks ago; great piece.
April 22, 2024 at 9:52 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachGet a load of the er load being dumped by Midway Rising in La Prensa: https://laprensa.org/perspective-grift-expands-midway-rising-development-deal
April 22, 2024 at 9:45 pm on California Leaders Take Sides in ‘Most Important Supreme Court Case on Homelessness in 40 Years’The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 eliminated the firewall protection between investment and commercial banking. With FDR's, John...
April 22, 2024 at 8:41 pm on City Approves Affordable Housing Project on Abbott Street in OBHawaii Takes A Stand Against Short-Term Rentals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk9eu9lemIU ___ PHASING OUT STVRs. What a novel idea, eh? sealintheSelkirks April 22, 2024 at 4:10 pm on City Approves Affordable Housing Project on Abbott Street in OBKh, By that do you mean away from you? Shouldn't this project be celebrated?
April 22, 2024 at 1:56 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaEveryone forgets about DEMAND when they talk about supply and demand of housing. Disincentivize this kind of behavior, demand drops, prices drops.
- April 22, 2024 at 1:43 pm on California Leaders Take Sides in ‘Most Important Supreme Court Case on Homelessness in 40 Years’THIS explains root causes and how we got here: Why Homelessness Stalks America Like the Grim Reaper Both homeless & inflation are the result of...
April 22, 2024 at 1:38 pm on California Leaders Take Sides in ‘Most Important Supreme Court Case on Homelessness in 40 Years’And one of San Diego's aspiring leaders running for a city council seat, Colleen Cusack, showed her commitment and is in D.C. with those demonstrating...
April 22, 2024 at 10:47 am on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Interesting concept. I would even say that 75% of the cost of a home is the land in SD. Where is all this city land...
April 22, 2024 at 7:00 am on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingWait, what?!? 1B in the next four years on bike lanes?
April 21, 2024 at 7:38 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’Twenty five percent of all real estate sales prices are land costs. The overall solution to the homeless problem is to bring down housing costs....
April 21, 2024 at 7:09 pm on City Approves Affordable Housing Project on Abbott Street in OBThere are high costs to own property,such as property taxes,electricity and water plus the high prices the upkeep of these properties. Do you see the...
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OB Pier is falling apart. It won’t last another 50 years!