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VC Fire Chief Joe Napier speaking to the VC Community Planning Group at their April 10 meeting. For the first time a Valley Center Community Planning group meeting was held at VC Community Hall with a large screen TV in the background, carrying the event online. The April 10 meeting was attended by a

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City of Los Angeles - City Council Adopts Processes and Procedures Ordinance - On December 6, 2022, the City of Los Angeles City Council adopted the Processes and Procedures Ordinance...

The importance of Barrio Logan to San Diego, the region and the nation is undeniable.

Print Mayor Todd Gloria announced a series of proposed affordable housing initiatives that he says will encourage the development of more homes for residents of all income levels. Calling his package of ideas “Homes For All of Us, " Gloria said Monday that the city’s planning department is working to expedite them to create more housing options for people regardless of age, income or neighborhood. Housing stability, affordability and proximity are some of San Diego’s root challenges, Glor...

Election postponement is opportunity to get involved by JOSE REYNOSO San Diego Community News Group Published - 03/17/21 - 07:30 AM | 992 views | 0   | 23  As reported last month, in light of the pandemic, the planning department provided guidance to community planning groups (CPGs) on how to handle elections this year since face-to-face meetings are simply not practicable. The options ranged from mail-in voting to online voting or simply postponing th...

The plan update considers increased densities in and adjacent to forest lands. In Alpines latest Community Plan Update, wildfire has its own standalone section, a result of changes to the environmental review process made by the state in 2018. The idea was to put the brakes on development in places most prone to wildfire and other hazards. Alpine, 25 miles east of San Diego, has many such areas. Its long fire history includes the 2003 Cedar fire, among the states worst. Last September, the Val...

Homelessness Now Kills More Angelenos than Homicide – Options to Address the Housing Emergency Details 28 January 2021 PLANNING WATCH-In recent weeks, many CityWatch columns have discussed the worsening housing crisis, not just in LA, but across this large country. One reader asked what else can be done beyond ambitious proposals to restore HUD and CRA public housing programs and reduce economic inequality and poverty, two leading causes of the housing c...