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La Mesa California

County polls residents on affordable housing

The county of San Diego held a June 29 public outreach meeting on inclusionary housing with several polls along with opportunities for attendees to provide comments directly to facilitators. After an hour, public input made clear: county residents want more affordable housing in accessible locations. Contracted planning and development firm…

Let the Celebrations Return

Routines similar to prepandemic years are returning. My effort to keep drunken drivers off the road is not ending. When I was sixteen, 30 years ago, I was hit by a drunken driver. I suffer daily: My gait and speech were affected and I lost my driving and hearing abilities.…

Housing study: Vacancies diminishing as rents increase

In a recent study from the Southern California Rental Housing Association Spring 2022 Vacancy and Rental Rate Study showed a dramatic decline in the vacancy rate, dropping from 2.91% in Spring 2021 to 1.25% in Spring 2022. The city of San Diego vacancy rate decreased from 3.3% to less than…

El Cajon budget may lift freeze on filling voids

El Cajon City Council received its Fiscal Year 2022-23 preliminary annual budget report on June 14. City Council will be finalized and adopt the budget on June 28. City Manager Graham Mitchell said that the city came out of the COVID-19 pandemic fiscally intact, and that the 2022-23 budget assumes…

New roles for Grossmont-Cuyamaca leaders

Nicole “Nikki” Salgado and Kerry Kilber Rebman are taking on new roles at Grossmont-Cuyamaca College District, Salgado has been named Vice President of Administrative Services at Cuyamaca College while Kilber Rebman is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Technology for GCCCD. According to Chancellor Lynn Neault: “Nikki and Kerry will provide…

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