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April 23, 2024 at 12:03 pm on ‘Hey You! Get Up! We’ve Outlawed Sleeping in Public!’My land is 38% of the value on my tax assessment. 75% seems like speculative assumptions on what? April 23, 2024 at 11:42 am on Mayor Gloria Fined $10,500 for Not Disclosing DonationsSame reporter has a story on the loans taken out by Hamm, the shelter lease owner. Sure does make you wonder how he knew to... April 23, 2024 at 11:37 am on Reader Rant: ‘Why I’m Breaking Up With Cox Communications’Doesn't matter the provider, you're always fighting the cost hikes, and bad service despite the claims. But yeah, one day when my wife was on...
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 9:47 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 HousingDid you get the Colin Parent campaign flyer "Colin Parent Knows How to Fix the Streets"? Yeh. He narrows them, doesn't repair them and jams...
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 9:37 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 Housing"When developers trumpet the need for affordable housing but never build it themselves, do they think we’re gullible, or are they just playing a cruel...
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...
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