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New San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s place in city history dating back to 1850 is assured as its first openly gay mayor and first mayor of color. But, as he told the national news site Huffington Post, he wants to be known as a mayor measured by accomplishments “who happens to be Brown and gay.”
It’s early, but he’s eyeing big changes. In a Zoom interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board on Thursday morning, his 42nd day in office as Gloria told us twice, he made it plain that in addition to focusing on multiple crises including COVID-19, climate change and a large city budget deficit that rivals the one in the Great Recession he expects to be a change agent on two huge issues.
City Wants to Turn Motel Into Temp Housing for Low-Level Offenders
By Alberto Garcia
A proposal by San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer could turn a local South Bay motel into a temporary housing complex for homeless low-level misdemeanor violators.
This Wednesday, the City Council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee voted to approve a plan for the City to purchase a Super 8 Motel on Palm Avenue near Imperial Beach and convert it into a transitional housing complex.
The motel could house up to 84 low-level offenders, consistent with the City’s San Diego Misdemeanants At-Risk Track (SMART) Program that seeks to provide housing, case management, job training, and other supportive services to homeless low-level misdemeanor offenders.
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Two steps steps forward, one step back in history of racial equity [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-RACIAL-EQUALITY:SD]
SAND DIEGO San Diego County supervisors this month formally defined racism as a public health crisis, acknowledging for the first time that a broad and baked-in prejudice underpins virtually every aspect of public policy.
The unanimous declaration came days ahead of the national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and after a majority of Democrats was elected to the county board.
Among other actions, the vote directed county officials to begin collecting data that will help them identify and respond to racial disparities in health, education, criminal justice and other staples of American society.