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The Social Cost Of Proposition MM

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
6 August 2003 - 8:00am

New schools promised by San Diego's Proposition MM will displace 3000 residents.

"The timing couldn't be worse. They are thrown into a housing search in the midst of an explosion in real estate values and an escalation in rents...How these residents are compensated, where they go and how they get there are some of the most emotional consequences of Proposition MM...While some renters have used their relocation payments to buy their first homes, some property owners have lost homes their families have lived in for generations."

Full Story: The human costs
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 3, 2003
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