Also the director of the city’s performance and analytics department, Kirby Brady brings experience as a researcher to a new role that will oversee new tech and initiatives to reinvent how the city operates.
I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
With the arrival of the new year, I’ve been thinking as many of you have about what I will do when someday the world is safe again. Among the many things I’ve missed is traveling, in particular to major hubs of arts and cultural entertainment.
You don’t get more major than New York City.
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Though I’ve visited the Big Apple on occasion before, I’ve never made it to the storied Apollo Theater in Harlem. Its history, which dates back to 1914, is populated by generations of Black musicians and performers across multiple genres and artistic disciplines.
Beginning in January 2022, this measure requires local governments to include medium- to high-density housing for moderate and above moderate-income households in general plan regional housing elements. The purpose of this measure is to increase housing density for higher income earners to facilitate the construction of additional housing units. Specifically, in metropolitan but not unincorporated areas, a local government must identify 25 percent of its sites for moderate income and 25 percent of its sites for above moderate income to be allocated to sites zoned for at least four units of housing, instead of single-family housing. The four units would be in addition to permissible accessory dwelling units or junior assessor dwelling units. The allocation of housing to sites according to this measure cannot be the basis for local government to deny a project that does not comply with the allocation. In addition, a local government may not impose an exaction or condition of approval i
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For the past five years or so, two words have become commonplace in Sacramento and throughout California: “housing crisis.” Everyone seems to acknowledge that we have one. Most people agree that we should try to address it. Few seem to agree on how. The 2020 legislative session, like several before it, began with promise. Governor Newsom has proclaimed his support for lofty goals in terms of unit production. Democrats and Republicans alike seem to agree that the cost of housing is crippling the state, contributing to the homelessness problem, hindering economic growth, and causing homegrown companies to move or consider moving to lower-cost states. However, with COVID-19 and emergency measures taking center stage, many housing bills ended up on the cutting room floor. One bill that did make it through, AB 2345, is modeled after a successful program already implemented in San Diego that increased housing production in t
Despite Limited Success for Housing Bills in the 2020 Legislative Session, 2021 Should Present Opportunities For Developers Tuesday, December 22, 2020
For the past five years or so, two words have become commonplace in Sacramento and throughout California: “housing crisis.” Everyone seems to acknowledge that we have one. Most people agree that we should try to address it. Few seem to agree on how. The 2020 legislative session, like several before it, began with promise. Governor Newsom has proclaimed his support for lofty goals in terms of unit production. Democrats and Republicans alike seem to agree that the cost of housing is crippling the state, contributing to the homelessness problem, hindering economic growth, and causing homegrown companies to move or consider moving to lower-cost states. However, with COVID-19 and emergency measures taking center stage, many housing bills ended up on the cutting room floor. One bill that did make it through, AB 2345, is mo