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Trans Pacific Partnership Signing Brings on International Protests
Representatives of the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim nations are gathered in Auckland, New Zealand this week for discussions and a largely symbolic signing ceremony of the Trans-Pacific...
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Tiny Village of Tiny Shelters for San Diego Homeless: Small is the New Sexy
No question about it—being involved in a coalition to build a tiny village of tiny shelters for people who are without a place to live, is damn exciting! I can’t put my finger on exactly why this is...
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San Diego Water: Pissed Away, Pricey and Less-than-Perfect
For many months now the Big Story about water in California has been about the drought--as in we don’t have enough. On Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board voted to extend water...
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North of the Fence: Americans Flee Across Border, The Pope and Chula Vista...
Is there an onslaught of American immigrants coming to Mexico? The story isn’t new. For decades Americans have been moving to Tijuana where the rent is cheaper. For local Tijuanese, this means...
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Hide and Seek on the Commons: Selling More San Diego
The public is left out of the decision making, the City Council is not fully engaged Today, Wednesday February 10, the City Council Smart Growth and Land Use (SG&LU) Committee will be asked to...
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Carlsbad Lagoon Foundation No Friend of Nature
Backs Caruso Mall, Measure A A billionaire L.A. developer came to town planning to transform one of Carlsbad's three lagoons into a magnet for tourist dollars. After winning the approval of local...
View ArticleIn a Tiny House Village, Portland’s Homeless Find Dignity
As cities search for solutions to homelessness, Portland’s Dignity Village offers 60 men and women community and safety. By Marcus Harrison Green / Yes! Magazine On a frigid January morning in...
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North of the Fence: Chargers Give South Bay Schools Money, Sirhan Sirhan...
... and the Olympic Training Center Will Transfer To Chula Vista Two South Bay school districts might feel the financial pain if the Chargers move up North, according to The Star News. The Sweetwater...
View ArticleMichael Moore Says His New Movie Will Change America
"Free universal health care, free university, free day care, taxing and policing hedge fund millionaires—have already happened in nearly every other industrialized country in the world! And I have the...
View ArticleSocially-Blind Urban Planning
By Murtaza Baxamusa / Rooflines The contrast between prosperity and poverty is most dramatic in the harshness of inclement weather. In San Diego, while the recent storms resulting from El Niño lashed...
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Pragmatic Realism Inc: Who Wants the Era of Big-Program Liberalism Over?
Last week, in a New York Times editorial, Mark Schmitt joined the chorus of clear-eyed “realists” chiming in against Bernie Sanders’ bold agenda in “Is the Era of Big-Program Liberalism Over?” While...
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The Face of Homelessness in San Diego – Part 2
I met Suzie at Panera Bread in Liberty Station. She is homeless but not vehicle-less. She used to have a nice home in Point Loma, had lived in the Point Loma - Ocean Beach area for years. She has been...
View ArticleWho the Election Should Be For: The 7 Most Beaten-Down Americans
By Paul Bucheit / CommonDreams Wealthy Americans are afraid of too much change, the kind that might occur with a Democratic Socialist as president. But it's too late for gradual change. Only a popular...
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North of the Fence: Institutionalized Racism in San Ysidro …
... South Bay Rapid Transit Breaks Ground, and the Bill of Rights Schooner Needs Help On Wednesday, February 17th a groundbreaking ceremony marked the construction of the South Bay Rapid project, a...
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What A New Supreme Court Means for Unions, Education Funding, and the Future...
With the death of Antonin Scalia on February 13th, public sector unions in America were given a reprieve from what was sure to be a bad ruling in the Friedrichs v CTA case before the Supreme Court. As...
View ArticleTrouble on the Dream Coast: Housing Policy Challenges
By Debra Varnado / Capital & Main It’s no secret that California residents pay more for housing than residents in most other states, especially in the metropolitan coastal areas and Silicon Valley...
View ArticleBerkeley Votes To Boost Co-op Economy In The Face Of Gentrification
A growing number of cities are investing in co-ops to keep money local and neighborhoods affordable. By Araz Hachadourian / Yes! Magazine In 1971, the owners of The Cheese Board turned their Berkeley,...
View ArticleIt’s Not Smart Growth… It’s Called Avoiding a Housing Crisis
By Howard M. Blackson III / San Diego UrbDeZine California’s Bay Area housing disaster tells Southern Californians that our housing crisis will only get worse and doing nothing is both an irrational...
View Article‘Free Trade’: The Elites Are Selling It But The Public Is No Longer Buying
By Dave Johnson / Campaign for America's Future Voters have figured out that our country’s current “free trade” policies are killing their jobs, wages, cities, regions and the country’s middle class....
View ArticleWhy Climate Change Action Cannot Succeed Without Social Equity
By Murtaza H. Baxamusa / San Diego UrbDeZine Over 120 cities and counties in California have a climate action plan either completed or in the pipeline. As cities develop these plans and initiatives to...
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