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Housing First is a program developed by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness that requires that homeless individuals receive stable and permanent housing before they can benefit from other services.
In San Diego, the Housing Commission launched its program in 2014. Since that time the Housing Commission has created nearly 8,500 permanent housing opportunities and approved 761 new housing units.
The Embarcadero Institute released a report in September titled, "Double Counting in the Latest Housing Needs Assessment."
The acronyms stand for “Yes in my backyard” and “Not in my backyard.”
In an August 2020 report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, data shows that people of color were more likely to be impacted by the coronavirus. In fact, cases increased among the Black or African American and non-Hispanic community by 2.6. The same group were also 4.7 times more likely to be hospitalized.
City Heights resident Lily Nong said she vividly remembers the presidential elections of 2016.
"Everyone was crying and fearing for our future," Nong said. "I felt so helpless." Nong was 15 at the time.
Now, the 18-year-old, who is a freshman at Columbia University, is empowered.
Proposition 25 would replace the money bail system. The following summaries are provided by Ballotpedia.
Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020, would expand or amend the provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (
The ballot measure would require chronic dialysis clinics to:[1]
Proposition 22 would consider app-based drivers to be independent contractors and not employees or agents.
The ballot measure would replace the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Costa-Hawkins), which was passed in 1995. Prior to the enactment of Costa-Hawkins, local governments were permitted to enact rent control, provided that landlords would receive just and reasonable returns on their rental properties.