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By Geoff Page This piece is an examination of a “non-profit” organization named Circulate San Diego, referred to as CSD here. It claims to be a nonprofit, public benefit corporation doing good for the community by advocating for “active transportation” and walkable neighborhoods. Research into CSD’s affairs clearly shows a very close association with the…

By Geoff Page This piece is an examination of a “non-profit” organization named Circulate San Diego, referred to as CSD here. It claims to be a nonprofit, public benefit corporation doing good for the community by advocating for “active transportation” and walkable neighborhoods. Research into CSD’s affairs clearly shows a very close association with the…

The bill allows cities to adopt ordinances that can override certain zoning laws by building up to ten units on a single lot in “transit-rich areas.”

To reverse the effects of redlining, new housing policies will soften rules to allow taller buildings and more backyard units in areas within 1 mile of mass transit. But critics say the changes won’t make a difference.

San Diego's new housing policies aim to boost racial integration, reverse lingering effects of redlining. City encouraging high-rise, mid-rise housing with subsidized units in wealthy, White areas

A San Diego company is facing backlash for using Beagles in drug trials. In other news, repairs continue in Tijuana after a major sewage rupture last week. Plus, a new safe parking lot is open for homeless people sleeping in their cars in East County.

Roundabouts are one of the city's strategies to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve traffic safety. But the city has built only a fraction of the roundabouts it set out to construct in its Climate Action Plan.

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San Francisco-based Cresleigh Homes proposed the project with limited parking.