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1San Diego will Spend $8.2M to Speed up Utility Undergrounding

San Diego will Spend $8.2M to Speed up Utility Undergrounding

Oct 30, 2019

Earlier this month, the San Diego City Council approved $8.2 million to bury utility lines in eight neighborhoods to accelerate the city’s efforts to bury utility lines. Last year, the city began accelerating undergrounding by shrinking the size of projects in an effort to boost efficiency and to create more accurate schedules so neighborhoods know […]

2LAX to ban Curbside Pickups for Taxis and Rideshare Companies

LAX to ban Curbside Pickups for Taxis and Rideshare Companies

Oct 23, 2019

Starting next week, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will ban taxis and rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft from picking up passengers near the curbside of terminals. Starting on Oct. 29, travelers will need to take a shuttle or walk to a parking lot next to Terminal 1 in order to book their taxi […]

3San Diego’s Expensive Mid-City Bus Rapid Transit Route is Slower than Previous Route

San Diego’s Expensive Mid-City Bus Rapid Transit Route is Slower than Previous Route

Aug 13, 2019

According to an analysis conducted by inewsource, San Diego’s bus rapid route (Mid-City Rapid 215 route) from San Diego State University to downtown is slower than average compared to the route it replaced. Federal and local taxes paid $44 million to change the route and the city plans to spend more money to create dedicated […]

4Proposed State Legislative Bill Would Boost Apartment Complexes Near Transit

Proposed State Legislative Bill Would Boost Apartment Complexes Near Transit

Jan 8, 2019

State Senator Scott Wiener revived a major effort to boost homebuilding near transit last month. Senator Wiener believes Senate Bill 50 (SB 50) is necessary to address the state’s housing affordability and climate change challenges that have increased since a similar bill he proposed earlier this year failed.  Under SB 50, developers would be allowed […]

5Los Angeles City Council Approves plan to spend $700 million for Office Tower

Los Angeles City Council Approves plan to spend $700 million for Office Tower

Aug 10, 2018

The Los Angeles City Council approved a construction and financing plan for a $708 million downtown office tower for city workers. The site of the new office tower is the Los Angeles Police Department’s former headquarters, Parker Center. The council voted unanimously to back a public-private development model that involves hiring an outside development team […]

6It turns out that the Inland Empire has more job Growth than the Silicon Valley

It turns out that the Inland Empire has more job Growth than the Silicon Valley

May 14, 2018

According to KPCC, California’s top region for job growth is not in the Silicon Valley, where new tech jobs are getting all the attention, it’s the Inland Empire. According to Inland Empire economist John Husing’s annual economic forecast for 2018, jobs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties grew by 3.5 percent during 2017. This increase […]

7Bill Looking to give Homeowners a Tax Break to Capture Rainwater in their Backyards

Bill Looking to give Homeowners a Tax Break to Capture Rainwater in their Backyards

Dec 4, 2017

Senate Constitutional Amendment 9 (SCA 9) is looking to exclude rainwater capture systems from property tax reassessments starting in 2019. New construction, renovation, new ownership and some purchases for a home require a property tax reassessment, which usually increases a tax bill. The proposal, introduced by state Senator Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), could encourage homeowners to […]

8San Diego a Top Priority Area for Border Wall

San Diego a Top Priority Area for Border Wall

May 4, 2017

According to Department of Homeland Security documents, San Diego has been identified as a “high priority” area for building the border wall between the United States and Mexico. The San Diego Union-Tribune writes, The report also shows Tucson, El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, which encompasses the cities of Weslaco, McAllen, Rio Grande City […]

9California Politicians Introduce bills to Punish Companies that work on the Border Wall

California Politicians Introduce bills to Punish Companies that work on the Border Wall

Apr 28, 2017

Two California politicians have introduced bills that are meant to stop the construction of the border wall. California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) have introduced Senate Bill 30 (SB 30) and Assembly Bill 946 (AB 946), which is called the Resist the Wall Act, in response to the […]

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