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San Diego Gaslamp District

A Transit-Oriented Parking Reform Proposal in San Diego

Under a new plan proposed by the mayor of San Diego, new developments in transit-rich parts of the city would no longer require parking.

December 17, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

San Diego Construction

Momentum for Rewriting San Diego's Inclusionary Zoning Policy

Ineffective in more way than one, San Diego's inclusionary zoning policy is under the microscope.

October 20, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

Nightime view of San Diego skyline

Not All of San Diego's Inclusionary Zoning Funds Going to Affordable Housing

San Diego finds itself having to explain how its inclusionary zoning program spending diverged from expectations.

October 4, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

Gaslamp Quarter

Transit Oriented Upzoning Can't Win Local Support in San Diego

Residents are shooting down plans that propose increased density and height in San Diego. The city had planned to cut its carbon footprint by encouraging transit oriented development.

September 23, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

Homeless Tents Missing the Permanent Housing Mark in San Diego

The occupants of homeless tents in San Diego haven't been moving to permanent housing in the numbers city officials had hoped.

September 21, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

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New Surveillance Technology Gathers Plenty of Data, but Who Has Access?

As new technology for data collection becomes available to police departments around the country, concerns grow about what is being collected and who has access.

August 15, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

San Diego County, California

Can Water Supply Keep Up with the Need to Build More Housing?

Population growth creates a collision course in the American West.

March 16, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

San Diego Harbor

After the Drought, San Diego Faces Lead and Sewage

In 2017, the Southern California city no longer had to be concerned about water quantity, but was plagued by issues of water quality.

January 3, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

California Homeless

Lessons From San Diego's Hepatitis A Outbreak

Voice of San Diego reports in detail about the months of warning San Diego officials had about the spread of Hepatitis A in public areas around the city. Still, prevention measures took a back seat to bureaucracy.

September 27, 2017 - Voice of San Diego

Exurban California

California Growth Shows an Exurban Pattern

The "back to the city" narrative might make for good headlines, but an analysis of California's growth patterns tell a different story. Take San Diego County as an example.

May 15, 2017 - Voice of San Diego

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System

Bus Rapid Transit In Name Only

San Diego provides a case study for how bus rapid transit sometimes fails to meet the standards befitting its name.

April 7, 2017 - Voice of San Diego

Fear of Low-Income Housing Blocks Veterans' Housing Project Near San Diego

In November, the city of Poway, California rejected a veterans' housing project. The story is informative for the way communities rally to obstruct the addition of low-income housing.

December 30, 2016 - Voice of San Diego

Op-Ed: Transit Still Lacking in the Customer Service Department

An opinion piece says its time for transit agencies to start treating riders like valued customers.

March 11, 2016 - Voice of San Diego

A Case Study of California's Lowest-Ranked Transit Station

Build it and they will come hasn't worked out so well for the Gillespie Field station on the Green Line of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. A recent scorecard rated the station lowest among 489 competitors.

October 22, 2015 - Voice of San Diego

Cracked Sidewalk

Who Will Pay to Fix San Diego's Broken Sidewalks?

San Diego quest to find solutions to repairing damaged city sidewalks continues, with home and business owners potentially facing liability for trip-and-fall accidents

October 3, 2015 - Voice of San Diego

Condition on San Diego's New Airport Parking Lot: Make Sure People Don't Use It

A deal between the San Diego International Airport and the California Coastal Commission will pave the way for a 3,000-space parking garage—in the hopes that people don’t use it.

August 14, 2015 - Voice of San Diego

Bus Only

Bus Rapid Transit Without Dedicated Lines—Finding Out the Hard Way

San Diego's bus rapid transit line, open for nine months, hasn't improved transit service along El Cajon Boulevard. Critics blame cuts to the original plan.

July 27, 2015 - Voice of San Diego

Qualcomm Stadium

Debunking Myths about NFL Stadium Construction

Political leaders in San Diego have spent years characterizing the city's NFL team as a regional asset, requiring a new stadium to keep in place. A column debunks some of the logic behind how and why behind some of that reasoning.

January 17, 2015 - Voice of San Diego

San Diego Rail

Is Racism Behind the Density Debate in San Diego?

A high profile environmental attorney in San Diego called out neighborhood opposition to development that would add density for "selfishness and closet racism."

October 30, 2014 - Voice of San Diego

CEQA Crusader or CEQA Bounty Hunter?

Liam Dillon tells the story of Cory Briggs, a notorious lawyer in Southern California famous for opposing projects under the auspices of the California Environmental Quality Act.

June 13, 2014 - Voice of San Diego

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