The City’s new Privacy Ordinance works to protect people’s right to privacy while also recognizing the need for the City to use technology to ensure public health and safety.
The ordinance is a good start toward balancing privacy with public safety. However, as written, the new law is… Read more about Why the City’s Privacy Ordinance Needs Revisions
Housing ends homelessness, which is why I’m working hard to clear barriers and incentivize the creation of new homes for San Diegans of all income levels.
My Housing Action Package 2.0 is a series of policy amendments and reforms that work to protect existing affordable homes and… Read more about Streamlining Affordable SRO Housing in San Diego
One of the major challenges the City of San Diego faces in its continued efforts to address homelessness stems from various legal settlements and court rulings that limit what the City can do. Through a legal settlement reached in 2007, for example, the City cannot enforce on illegal… Read more about The City is Joining a Legal Case on Homeless Encampments. Here’s Why.
In 2019, a state law decriminalized sidewalk vending and mandated that cities develop a regulatory program that allows micro-entrepreneurs to operate. The City of San Diego’s sidewalk vending regulations, passed last year, allow vendors to do business but also seeks to protect our local parks… Read more about From the Mayor's Desk: Sidewalk Vending Rules, Explained
Our effort to remake and revitalize our Civic Center core in Downtown continues to move forward as we entered exclusive negotiations with a developer seeking to convert the office building at 101 Ash St. into nearly 400 affordable homes. This 90-day negotiation period will allow us to explore… Read more about From the Mayor's Desk: A Progress Report on the Civic Center Revitalization
