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Can Gavin Newsom Use the Pandemic to Beat Back Homelessness?

If $800 million wasn’t a sufficiently appetizing carrot to get his audience to buy more motels, Gov. Gavin Newsom could dangle a more spiritual enticement: less time burning in the afterlife. At the C...

Screening Of Oscar-Winning Film ‘Inocente’ Aims to Rekindle Focus on Youth Homelessness

Inocente Izucar is having a Zoom-era moment. On Dec. 9, 2020, she’ll participate in a rare, free screening of an Oscar-winning documentary. The virtual event will re-introduce viewers to the childhood...

Let’s Start A Homelessness Win Streak With the ‘Housing First’ Game Plan

Supporting homelessness causes can sometimes feel like rooting for the Los Angeles Chargers. Not that San Diegans should feel obligated to cheer for a greedy, mercenary NFL owner who unforgivably ripp...

Homeless Tech: App Increases Tracking Efficiency & More in San Diego

This story was updated at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Apps and software platforms are built based on profit motives. Anybody with a technology budget — a bank, retailer, or even a home-services provider...

Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques

Last week TPR shared a new report from Embarcadero Institute disputing the accuracy of the state's methodology for calculating local housing needs. With the state moving to hold local governments acco...

San Diego’s Homeless Voices Matter on ‘America’s Got Talent’

Homelessness has been largely obscured by the pandemic. The issue is receiving attention and affirmation from, of all places, the reality TV show “ America’s Got Talent.” A singing group composed of p...

San Diego's Homeless Students Need Stability, Resources

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us . In San Diego, our homeless students are facing great challenges. In addition to finding a safe and secure...

Analysis: How California Renters, Landlords and Banks Fared in the Eviction Compromise

California renters financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic will be protected from eviction until at least next February, while small landlords will be offered some foreclosure protections, un...

We Don't Have a Housing Crisis in San Diego; We Have an Affordable Housing Crisis

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us . We are constantly being told there is a housing crisis in California, and particularly so in San Diego. D...

Proposition 21 Rent Control Will Discourage Construction of Affordable Housing

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us . The primary path to the middle class for American families is through property ownership. However, for ma...

California's Eviction Ban Isn't Just Unconstitutional — It's a Bad Idea

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us . The ban on evictions is causing homelessness, not preventing it. The Judicial Council, which sets rules f...

The Tough Questions Pushing California to An Eviction Cliff

Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t want it to happen. Neither do powerful leaders in the state Legislature. Tenant groups desperately want to prevent it, and landlord associations say they also want to avo...
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