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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 the elections until the local state of emergency is lifted.  Due to the light at the end of the tunne...

The plan update considers increased densities in and adjacent to forest lands. In Alpine's 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 state's worst. Last September, the Valley fire torched 76,067 acres. But the update to the existing 1979 Alpine Community Plan consider...

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 crisis. This is a serious question, and Brad S. Kane, President of the PICO Neighborhood Council, and...