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SDWTC in the News Today's Headlines February 17, 2000 PRESS RELEASE: Mayoral Debate on San Diego's Role in Global Economy By SDWTC Staff - San Diego World Trade Center Due to overwhelming demand, San Diego World Trade Center’s upcoming Mayoral Debate on San Diego’s Role in the Global Economy has been moved to a larger venue. The “Mayoral Debate: San Diego in the Global Economy” will be held at University of California San Diego’s Mandevillle Auditorium on Thursday, February 17th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity for international business colleagues living in San Diego County to hear each candidate’s stance on San Diego’s future role in the global economy. Nine mayoral candidates, Ron Roberts (County Supervisor), Barbara Warden (City of San Diego, Councilmember), Peter Davis (President, CEO and Chairman of the Bank of Commerce), Byron Wear (City of San Diego, Councilmember), George Stevens (City of San Diego, Councilmember), Dick Murphy (Municipal Court Judge), Jim Bell (the author of "Achieving Eco-Nomic Security on Spaceship Earth”), Loch David Crane (Apartment Owner and Retired Professor), Janice Jordan (Student, Activist, and Volunteer) will be given a chance to identify his or her visionary strategies for placing San Diego competitively in the global economy. Bob Kittle (Editor of the The Editorial Page for the San Diego Union-Tribune), will moderate the debate. A panel consisting of Leon Reinhart (President & CEO of First National Bank), Claire Wright (International Attorney for Baker & McKenzie), Harvey White (CEO of Leap Wireless) and Dean Peter Timmer of IRPS will query the candidates on international issues that are strategically important to the San Diego Business Community. The San Diego World Trade Center is looking forward to this important debate. Kathy Ward, President of the San Diego World Trade Center states: “It is essential that candidates clearly articulate their view of how San Diego should be competitively positioned in the global economy…and make public commitments regarding what they will do to achieve and sustain that positioning.” According to a Sandag report, international trade will be a driving force behind our regional prosperity in the 21st century. Product exports from San Diego currently generate $8.5 billion. The San Diego World Trade Center is a non-profit organization committed to developing and expanding international trade and commerce opportunities and advancing San Diego’s position on trade issues, international business expertise, bringing jobs and prosperity to the region. The SDWTC Mayoral Debate is sponsored by First National Bank and Baker & McKenzie. Participating organizations include: UCSD`s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Economic Development Corporation, and BIOCOM San Diego. Mandeville Auditorium is located in the center of campus, just west of the Price Center and south of the Faculty Club: from I-5, exit at La Jolla Village Drive and head west. La Jolla Village Drive turns into N. Torrey Pines Road, so continue heading north on Torrey Pines. Enter Campus by turning right at Muir College Drive. Mandeville Auditorium is within walking distance of Parking lots 206, 207 and 208. The SDWTC Mayoral Debate 2000 is FREE for all interested parties. However, space is limited and advance reservations must be made. Representatives of the media are invited to attend and cover the debate. For more information, please contact the San Diego World Trade Center Director of Programs Ethan van Thillo at (619) 615-0868 ext. 110, evthillo@sdwtc.org, or visit SDWTC’s website at: www.sdwtc.org. Back to News Index About Us | Trade Services | Events | Press Center | Trader | Export to Asia | Mexican Trade | Membership | Home
Leinster House* (1745) (Houses Dáil Eireann (Chamber of Deputies) and the Senate (Kildare St 2 Tel 618 3000) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR DUBLIN As of: 12/13/04 Books: When will I receive my books or class materials for my classes? For U.S. students: Generally books are mailed around May 1st to the temporary address you listed on your application. Should you change your address, you will need to notify us of your new address IMMEDIATELY. If you leave the U.S. before you receive your books, you, the student, would have to pay USD to Fed Ex it to you in Europe. Fed Ex can cost anywhere from $50-$200 depending on your classes. Casebooks are heavy! If you attend school in San Diego, you would pick-up your books and/or photocopied materials at our office, Law School (Warren Hall) room 310. If you fail to pick up your class materials, we will Fed Ex them to your site and bill you. For students coming from outside the United States, your books and/or photocopied materials may either be sent to you or will be at your chosen site(s). If sent to the Site, you will need to pick them up from either the Director, or the Administrative Assistant at that site(s). For students coming from outside the United States: If you are attending 2 programs, then you will pick up your books and/or photocopied materials at each site, if we do not send them to you. FOR ALL STUDENTS: You will receive the first set of information sheets with your acceptance letter about 1 week after we have received your initial deposit amount(s) and the last set of information sheets on your chosen program(s) is sent out around May 1st. Sometimes it can take 2-3 weeks for air mail to arrive in various countries around the world, so please be patient. If there are any questions, e-mail cking@sandiego.edu Payments: If my U.S. school and USD sign a Consortium/Visiting Student Agreement, do I still have to make the scheduled payments? Yes, payments must be kept up per the schedule. Once you have paid the USD Study Abroad Program a total of $800, which is due at USD by April 22nd, your final payment of the balance due must be received at USD no later than May 16th. This includes; tuition balance and/or housing costs. If any of the scheduled payments are missed then you will not be able to take advantage of the early pay discount. See 2005 Early Payment Discounts and Payment Due Dates for the payment schedule. If you are going to 2 sites, Dublin and then on to either Barcelona, Florence, Mexico City or Russia then an initial deposit amount of $400 is due with your applicaiton or $450 is due with your application, if you wish USD to provide you with housing in Dublin only. Then follow the payment schedule. Payment in full for both sites for tuition and any language courses for Barcelona, Florence, Mexico City or Russia, must be received at USD no later than May 16th. (we do not provide housing in Barcelona, Mexico City, Florence or Moscow Russia). Remember housing through USD is optional. You can secure housing on your own. However, USD would not be able to help you secure housing on your own. Credit Cards Accepted: USD accepts Mastercard, Discover, and American Express credit cards to pay your costs of Tuition, housing, Internship (if taken) in London. Please click on this link Credit Card information for more information. Sorry, but Visa is no longer accepted for any payments. Also, you must initally pay through our office and NOT through USD's Student Accounts or Cashier's office or USD's e-pay system! What about returned checks? Should a U.S. dollar personal check bounce and it is returned back to USD, there is a chance of you being withdraw from the program for non-payment. USD puts back through returned checks three (3) times before the Study Abroad office is notified of a bad check. USD will not resubmit this check after 3 tries. Re-payment must then be made immediately and arrive at our office within 2 business days by either a U.S. Money Order, U.S. Cashier's Check, or a Wire Transfer only. If your check is returned back to us for any reason, there will be a $40 fee that would be charged to the student's account. Discounts: Will I be able to receive a discount if I pay early? Yes, if none of the scheduled payments are missed. Please go to 2005 Early Payment Discounts and Payment Due Dates for more information. Will I receive 2 discounts if I am taking 2 programs? No, only one discount applies. Refunds: If I totally withdraw from the program, what type of refund will I receive? Please go to 2005 Dublin Refund Policy for more information. What if I am Academically Disqualified and I decide not to attend the Dublin program, will I receive a full refund of both Tuition and any housing amount I have already paid? Please go to 2005 Dublin Refund Policy for more information. Course Changes: What if I want to change classes once I have initially signed up? No problem and no charge if you do this before April 1. If you change ON or AFTER April 1, then there is a fee of $50 for each law course change/switch, and you may change/switch only if we have the class materials/books for your new classes. Class Additions: Can I add a class once I am in Dublin? Yes, but only if we have the books and/or photocopied materials for your new class at the site will you be able to change, but you will still have to pay the $50 each time you add/change. You will also have to pay the Fed Ex charges if USD-San Diego has to send you the new casebook(s) to your site(s). If the materials have to be photocopied at your site(s), you will have to pay these charges as well. Thus, if you add classes (increase your course load), you would pay either the Director or Administrative Assistant either in Cash, U.S. dollar personal check, or via credit card, a course change fee of $50 and the additional tuition charge for adding the class if you go from 3 credits to 6 credits. Law Classes: Can I drop a class once I am in Dublin? Yes, however, there will be no refund of any monies paid. Be aware that if you used loans, you may have to repay monies back to your lender. Contact your Financial Aid Office at your home school for further information. Also, you may have to obtain permission to drop a class from your home school. Please check this out before you drop any classes. Exams: What time do the exams start and finish? Your exams start at 9 am on August 5th and August 6th and take about 2-4 hours. Do not plan to leave on a flight before 3 pm on Saturday, August 6th, if you have an exam that morning. EXAMS ARE NEVER GIVEN IN ADVANCE. Housing: What about my housing? Housing in a foreign country is NOT like living in the U.S. Be prepared for the unfamiliar. Should you have a problem with housing at Trinity College that was secured through USD once in Dublin, contact the Dublin Director or the Dublin Administrative Assistant for help. For more housing information, click here: 2005 Dublin Information For more budget information, click here: 2005 Dublin Budget Will I have to pay a deposit for housing? Yes, regardless of whether you go through USD, which is $50 per person with your application, or on your own before you arrive or when you arrive in Dublin. USD will not be able to help you find housing OFF campus. However, call the Irish Tourist Board (before you leave the U.S.) at 1-800-223-6470 for FREE info on Dublin housing, pubs, etc. What is the total cost of housing in Dublin through USD? Depends, remember, no meals are included in the housing costs. For budget information, click here: 2005 Dublin Budget. Can I have friends stay in my room with me while they are visiting Dublin? No, some of the single rooms are extremely small barely enough room for you, let alone someone else. The beds are quite small as well. As far as sleeping on the floor, again you may have VERY LIMITED space. Arrival: Where do I go when I arrive at Trinity College to check in? Check-in time is after 2pm on 4 July and check-out is before 10am on 6 August. You will be given a map when you arrive at Trinity College when you check in, you will also be sent a map of Trinity College once you have applied to USD. The map that Trinity College provides to you, shows you what building and where your room will be, and direct you to USD's check in office. The Accommodations office is open, from 8am - midnight. They are located to the right of the Great Bell Tower, that is if you are looking ahead with your back to the Bell Tower, in the corner where two buildings meet. Also you MUST ARRIVE BEFORE MIDNIGHT , if not, then you will be LOCKED OUT of Trinity College and will have to return the next day! Trinity College Accommodations staff are EXTREMELY HELPFUL and just LOVE TO PARTY - ask them out and you will find a fun group to party with!!!! If I withdraw, will I receive a housing refund? If you secured housing through USD-San Diego, it would depend on when you withdraw. If done after 1 June, then no, unless we can find someone to take your spot. Otherwise Trinity College will still charge us for your room after this date. If you are renting an apartment, discuss this with your landlord or if you are going to live with a family check with your host. Will I have to pay utilities? Generally yes, if you are staying off campus in an apartment . In Dublin they can run anywhere from $30-$100 depending on your use. Do I have to bring linens? No, everything is usually provided. If you are addicted to larger bath towels or washcloths (as opposed to wash mitts), you may wish to bring one. However, Trinity College does provide very generous sized towels. Is there a telephone in my room at Trinity College? No, However, there are phones around campus and there are a bank of phones under the archway leaving through the main entrance of Trinity College. You will need to purchase a phone card to use some of these phones. You can probably purchase the phone card in the student store right on campus, right before you enter the archway to leave, look to your right, if it is still there. Will I have access to a washing machine and dryer on campus? Yes, there is now a service where you drop your clothes off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. It is located behind the Chapel which is the building behind the Accommodations office, near the Atrium which is in the same building where breakfast is served. You have to walk between the Chapel and Dining Hall to find it. There is a charge for this service. They are closed on Saturday and Sunday. Trinity College will provide you with a map. An iron and board for your use in your room, is available from the Accommodation Office or at the Information Desk in Goldsmith Hall for Goldsmith residents. Or you can wash your clothes in your sink in your room, OR go to the American Launderette Company on Georges St Great South (straight out Trinity College front gate, walk down 2 signal lights, turn left and go down about 4 blocks and it's on your left). If you go past HOGAN'S PUB you've gone too far. Open Monday - Saturday 8:30am - 5:30pm for self-service or if you want them to do it then you can pick up as late as 7pm. Sunday from 10am - 5pm for self-service and until 6pm if they do it. They have a number of washers and dryers. It costs about $7 to wash and dry for all your loads if you do it, but if you wish for them to do it, it will cost about $8 for wash and dry for all your loads. It takes about 30-40 minutes to wash and about 30 minutes to dry. All the above includes their laundry soap. You can bring your own soap if you wish. There is also a laundromat at Leeson Laundry - 128 Leeson St Upper, phone 660-3106 or Powders Laundrette at 42a South Richmond St, phone 478-2655. Do I have to bring pots, pans, silverware? No, everything is usually provided or can be bought there. Will I have access to cooking facilities? Yes. The kitchen will be near the 4 room apartment you will be staying in. If you find your kitchen lacking in cooking utensils, ask either the Accommodations staff or the cleaning staff for what you need or buy what you need. What if I prefer not to live at Trinity College and want to find my own housing? This is okay. However, USD is not able to help you. You might call in advance to the Irish Tourist Board at 1-800-223-6470 (before you leave the U.S.) and have them send you FREE information about Dublin and housing. Also purchase a "Let's Go" book, or something similar, which lists several inexpensive places to stay. Or there used to be a place called Home Locators for students on Dawson Street , they may still help students. There was no charge in the past to students to find them apartments. You may have to show your International Student or Teacher I.D. Card, so be prepared. You can obtain this I.D. cards through an STA Travel near you. Click here for more details: STA Travel, or if in San Diego at 953 Garnet Ave, San Diego CA 92109, 619-270-6402; Le Travel Store, 743 Fourth Ave, First Floor, San Diego CA 92102, 619-544-9632; or at 9500 Gilman Dr, UCSD Price Center #76, La Jolla CA 92093-0076, 619-452-0630 or STA Travel, 743 Fourth Ave, 1st Flr, San Diego CA 92101 (619) 544-9632. USD students can purchase these cards at the UC box office on campus. The price is about $25 each. The required picture is an extra cost, so bring a passport size photo. If I rent a room in an apartment, will I have kitchen privileges? This will depend on the landlord, check with the landlord, but more than likely yes. If I live with a family, are meals included? Sometimes breakfast is included in the price. Sometimes, arrangements can be made for a second meal. Specify what you want when you talk with the landlord or whoever you have helping you find a family to live with. Special meals, such as vegetarian, no salt used, etc. will cost the student more and will be added to the rent. If I choose to live with a family, how much will it cost me? There are many factors involved, such as location, meals, whether you share a bedroom. Prices can run from $800 to $1900+ per person. Can I have friends stay in my room with me? If you are staying at Trinity College, friends can only stay until 10pm, then they will have to leave. If they stay over, you will be billed for that extra person. If you are renting an apartment, you will need to discuss this with your landlord. If you are renting a room in an apartment, you will also need to discuss this with the landlord. What about exchanging money in Dublin? First, estimate how much cash you will need for the program. Then add $500 in case of an emergency. This is the amount of cash to which you will need to have access. There are three principle ways of getting the cash you need: traveler's checks, Automated Teller Machine cards (ATMs), and credit cards. Traveler's checks in U.S. dollars are always accepted, even when traveler's checks in the local currency are not. While the standard charge for traveler's checks is 1% of face value, it is often possible to obtain them free. AAA does this for its members, and many banks provide them free for significant account-holders. When cashing them in Europe, a better rate is often provided than when changing cash. ATM cards are a good way to receive cash. In addition to your card, you need a PIN number valid in Europe. Check with your bank to be sure that you have one. You are limited to the same withdrawal as at home, and it can sometimes involve major math to figure out how much you will be allowed. The major problems with the ATM solution are fees and cash. There may be two fees involved, one from your bank, and another from the bank that owns the ATM machine. If you are limited to a $300 withdrawal, the fees can easily total more than 1%. Because of the fees, it makes no sense to withdraw less than the maximum allowed, as flat fees are imposed on each transaction. In addition, you can only withdraw money if you have it in your account. Both the Plus and Cirrus systems are well-represented in Dublin; check with your bank if you have only the Star system about Dublin machines. One should probably charge as much as possible on a credit card . Visa and MasterCharge are universally accepted; American Express and Diners less so; Discover not at all. The exchange rate is pretty good, there are no transaction fees, and the bill need not be paid for at least a month. Using your credit card to take a cash advance will also work if you have a correct PIN number, but interest begins accruing immediately, and there is usually a fee for the loan. So this is the more expensive alternative. There are at least 2 ATM machines on Trinity College Campus. One by the entrance to the "Buttery Pub" which is on the other side of the Chapel walking way from the Accommodation office and the other one is located back by the Computer Lab, room #1. When you get to room #1, do not go in but turn around and look straight and to your left, that building there has an ATM with both PLUS and CIRRUS symbols on it on the outside of the first floor door. I've personally used the ATM by the Buttery and it worked great! Also, ATM's for PLUS cards are at the Dublin Airport. In Dublin: at the Bank of Ireland, The Education Building Society, 1st National Building Society, and Irish National Building Society. There are, according to CIRRUS, 250 ATM machines in Ireland, look for Allied Irish Bank. Also, the following places have ATM machines for both PLUS and CIRRUS: AIB Bank, ICS Building Society/The Management Store on O'Connell St the Bank of Ireland, just outside the front gate of Trinity College to the left and just as you enter Grafton St there are 2 ATM machines on each corner that will take PLUS and/or CIRRUS. If you use the STAR system, check with your bank for locations. Remember, that your bank will probably charge you a transaction fee as well as a cash advance fee and the bank you take your money out of may charge you a fee as well so take out your maximum daily limit to avoid constantly using the ATM machine to get cash and incurring charges. Right outside of the main entrance of Trinity College, go to your left, cross the street and go straight. At the 1st light turn left and look straight ahead, what looks like a church is actually the Irish Tourist Board it has an American Express Exchange office there and is a full service tourist office w/an Internet Cafe. So if you have American Express travelers checks, you just pop in there for an exchange of your money into Euros. There is generally no commission charged if you have their travelers checks. If you have cash, your best bet is at any bank, where the rates are usually more favorable. Health Insurance: What about my health insurance? We strongly suggest that you keep any health insurance you have current. If you do not have health insurance, the International Students I.D. Card, which provides you with some discount entrance fees and air fares to many sights, comes with some health insurance. Cost: $25. Otherwise you can purchase commercially. ( USD students can buy these cards at the UC box office). Bring a passport-sized photo to avoid extra cost. The USD Campus Card Services office in the Hughes building now offers passport pictures - $10 for 2 pictures. For more general travel info contact: STA Travel or call 1-858-544-9632, or 1-800-226-8624. Medication/Glasses: What about my medications and glasses? We strongly suggest that you bring with you at least an extra months supply of whatever medications you take. In Dublin, it is illegal for a doctor or nurse to give an allergy shot. So if you're on shots, see what your alternatives are. You may have to learn to do it yourself. If this is the case, ask your doctor to type you up a letter for Custom's stating this or your medication might be confiscated and you could land up in trouble with the law there. Also bring a doctor's original prescription for both your medications and glasses. Local transport: Tell me about transportation within Dublin. Transportation within Dublin is easy and efficient. Trinity College is located in the heart of Dublin. You have your choice of the regular city bus system, Bus R Us (for outside of Dublin - similar to Greyhound buses but nicer) and the Rail system (for outside of Dublin) What about program-organized legal events? In 2004 students visited the Dail Eireanne (Irish Parliament) w/a meeting w/the Minority Whip, Dublin Castle, Four Courts, Kilmainham Goal, Mountjoy Prison (built in 1850 and is still used), a tour of the local police station and jails, and some students sat in on court room trials at the Special Criminal Court. What about program-organized tourist visits? In 2004 students visited the National Museum, Walking tour of Trinity College, 4th of July @ the Capital Bar and Night Club, Georges St, Abbey Theatre, Trinity College, Guinness Brewery, Book of Kells, a Literary Pub Crawl, took in a play @ the Vicar Street Theatre, and Glendalough. Cost is determined by how many students sign up for trips. References: Names and addresses of former students. If you would like names, e-mail addresses and/or phone numbers of previous Dublin students, just send an e-mail to Cindy with what school you go to and what city you live in cking@sandiego.edu and she'll e-mail you back with the info. For more information click here 2005 Dublin Tips - General Send Cindy an e-mail should you have more questions that were not answered in these FAQ's or in the Dublin Tips - General section cking@sandiego.edu . If you find an error, please let Cindy know by providing the exact web site address location where the problem is located by cutting and pasting it into your e-mail, so that it can be corrected right away. Thank you! back to the home page *Discover Ireland web site. All above information is subject to change at any time.
Spring Valley, California Profiles Spring Valley, California local houses, apartments, residents, hotels, hospitals, jobs, schools... Back to California , United States . Do you have any pictures of this city? Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Spring Valley, CA Population (year 2000): 26,663 Males: 12,977 (48.7%), Females: 13,686 (51.3%) Land area: 7.2 square miles Zip codes: 91977 , 91978 . Median resident age: 33.1 years Median household income: $48,271 (year 2000) Median house value: $186,800 (year 2000) New: Spring Valley, CA residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Spring Valley: White Non-Hispanic (58.5%) Hispanic (21.5%) Black (10.2%) Other race (9.5%) Two or more races (6.2%) Filipino (2.7%) American Indian (1.9%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.5%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) New: Political contributions by individuals in Spring Valley, CA Ancestries: German (13.6%), Irish (10.4%), English (10.0%), Italian (4.8%), United States (3.2%), French (2.7%). For population 25 years and over in Spring Valley High school or higher: 84.4% Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8% Graduate or professional degree: 6.0% Unemployed: 6.3% Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes For population 15 years and over in Spring Valley CDP Never married: 27.2% Now married: 54.2% Separated: 2.2% Widowed: 5.6% Divorced: 10.8% 13.6% Foreign born (6.1% Latin America, 5.2% Asia). Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: La Mesa, CA (3.8 miles, pop. 54,749). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: San Diego, CA (11.8 miles, pop. 1,223,400). Nearest cities: Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA (2.0 miles), La Presa, CA (2.2 miles), Lemon Grove, CA (3.6 miles), La Mesa, CA (3.8 miles), El Cajon, CA (4.7 miles), Rancho San Diego, CA (4.7 miles), Bostonia, CA (6.4 miles), Bonita, CA (6.4 miles). Area code commonly used in this area: 619 Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.8%), Retail trade (13.3%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.0%). Average weather in Spring Valley, California Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Average temp. ( F) 56.6 57.9 59.0 62.2 64.9 69.0 73.2 74.9 73.3 68.0 61.0 56.4 High temperature ( F) 68.4 69.4 69.8 73.2 74.6 79.3 84.0 85.7 84.4 79.6 73.4 68.7 Low temperature ( F) 44.8 46.3 48.2 51.2 55.3 58.7 62.4 63.9 62.1 56.3 48.6 44.1 Precipitation (in) 2.7 2.5 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.3 1.5 Back to the top Normal climate around Spring Valley, California Based on data reported by main weather stations Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Days with precip. 7 6 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 6 Wind speed (mph) 5.8 6.5 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.3 5.8 5.5 Morning humidity (%) 73 75 77 77 78 81 81 82 81 77 74 72 Afternoon humidity (%) 57 59 60 58 63 64 64 64 64 63 60 58 Sunshine (%) 72 71 70 69 60 59 69 70 70 69 75 73 Days clear of clouds 12 10 11 10 9 10 14 16 15 14 15 14 Partly cloudy days 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 Cloudy days 11 10 11 10 10 8 4 4 6 8 7 10 Snowfall (in) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hospitals/medical centers near Spring Valley: ALVARADO PARKWAY INSTITUTE BEHAVIORAL (about 5 miles; LA MESA, CA) GROSSMONT HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; LA MESA, CA) ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA) Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Spring Valley: SAN DIEGO INTL-LINDBERGH FLD (about 14 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; ID: SAN) NORTH ISLAND NAS /HALSEY FIELD/ (about 16 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; ID: NZY) MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (about 33 miles; CARLSBAD, CA; ID: CRQ) Other public-use airports nearest to Spring Valley: GILLESPIE FIELD (about 6 miles; SAN DIEGO/EL CAJON, CA; ID: SEE) MONTGOMERY FIELD (about 12 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; ID: MYF) BROWN FIELD MUNI (about 12 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; ID: SDM) Back to the top Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spring Valley: GROSSMONT COLLEGE (about 5 miles; EL CAJON, CA; Full-time enrollment: 9,607) CUYAMACA COLLEGE (about 7 miles; EL CAJON, CA; FT enrollment: 3,278) SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; FT enrollment: 25,831) SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE (about 9 miles; CHULA VISTA, CA; FT enrollment: 9,533) SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; FT enrollment: 10,902) SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE (about 14 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; FT enrollment: 10,769) UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO (about 16 miles; SAN DIEGO, CA; FT enrollment: 6,311) Public high schools in Spring Valley: MONTE VISTA HIGH (Students: 2,143; Location: 3230 SWEETWATER SPRINGS BLVD.; Grades: 09 - 12) MOUNT MIGUEL HIGH (Students: 2,112; Location: 1800 SWEETWATER ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12) Private high schools in Spring Valley: HEARTLAND CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOL (Students: 177; Location: 3327 KENORA DR; Grades: KG - 12) FAIR HAVENS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 69; Location: 9255 LAMAR ST.; Grades: KG - 12) CALVARY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 52; Location: 8487 PARADISE VALLEY RD; Grades: 7 - 12) Biggest public primary/middle schools in Spring Valley: SPRING VALLEY MIDDLE (Students: 1,318; Location: 3900 CONRAD DR.; Grades: 06 - 08) LA PRESA MIDDLE (Students: 1,197; Location: 1001 LELAND ST.; Grades: 06 - 08) KEMPTON STREET ELEMENTARY (Students: 704; Location: 740 KEMPTON ST.; Grades: KG - 05) SWEETWATER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY (Students: 622; Location: 10129 AUSTIN DR.; Grades: KG - 05) BANCROFT ELEMENTARY (Students: 586; Location: 8805 TYLER ST.; Grades: KG - 05) RANCHO ELEMENTARY (Students: 568; Location: 8845 NOELINE AVE.; Grades: KG - 05) LOMA ELEMENTARY (Students: 544; Location: 10355 LOMA LANE; Grades: KG - 05) AVONDALE ELEMENTARY (Students: 539; Location: 8401 STANSBURY ST.; Grades: KG - 05) HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY (Students: 523; Location: 3131 S. BARCELONA ST.; Grades: KG - 05) LA PRESA ELEMENTARY (Students: 500; Location: 519 LA PRESA ST.; Grades: KG - 05) Private primary/middle schools in Spring Valley: SANTA SOPHIA ACADEMY (Students: 311; Location: 9806 SAN JUAN; Grades: KG - 8) TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 242; Location: 3902 KENWOOD DRIVE; Grades: PK - 6) FAITH CHAPEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 55; Location: 9400 CAMPO ROAD; Grades: PK - KG) MONTESSSORI ACHIEVEMENT CENTER (Students: 49; Location: 10435 CAMPO RD.; Grades: PK - KG) HELIX MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 31; Location: 3941 CONRAD DR; Grades: PK - KG) MOUNT MIGUEL LEARNING CENTER (Students: 11; Location: 529 LA PRESA AVE; Grades: KG - 4) User submitted facts and corrections: their is a new kaiser hospital in the area on avocado i don\'t know if this may be is considered casa de oro or rancho san diego but it is walking distance from my house and i live in spring valley Spring Valley compared to California state average: Hispanic race population percentage above state average. Length of stay since moving in below state average. House age below state average. Back to the top Strongest AM radio stations in Spring Valley: KFMB (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.) KCBQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: RADIO 1210, INC.) KOGO (600 AM; 5 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KSDO (1130 AM; 10 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: HI-FAVOR BROADCASTING, LLC) KURS (1040 AM; 5 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: QUETZAL BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS INC) KPOP (1360 AM; 5 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KECR (910 AM; 5 kW; EL CAJON, CA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.) KPRZ (1210 AM; 20 kW; SAN MARCOS, CA; Owner: RADIO 1210, INC.) KSON (1240 AM; 1 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA) KPLS (830 AM; 50 kW; ORANGE, CA; Owner: CRN LICENSES, LLC) KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP) KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.) KTNQ (1020 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KTNQ-AM LICENSE CORP.) Strongest FM radio stations in Spring Valley: KPBS-FM (89.5 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: THE BD. OF TRUSTEES, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY) KLQV (102.9 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION) K210CL (89.9 FM; LEMON GROVE, CA; Owner: SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT) KHTS-FM (93.3 FM; EL CAJON, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KSON-FM (97.3 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA) KLNV (106.5 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION) KGB-FM (101.5 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KPRI-FM4 (102.1 FM; LEMON GROVE, CA; Owner: COMPASS RADIO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.) KLVJ (100.1 FM; JULIAN, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION) KRTM (88.9 FM; TEMECULA, CA; Owner: PENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.) KIOZ (105.3 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KBZT (94.9 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA) KIFM (98.1 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA) KYXY (96.5 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.) KOCL (95.7 FM; CARLSBAD, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KFSD-FM (92.1 FM; ESCONDIDO, CA; Owner: NORTH COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.) KFMB-FM (100.7 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.) KWVE (107.9 FM; SAN CLEMENTE, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF COSTA MESA) KMYI (94.1 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.) KPLN (103.7 FM; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.) TV broadcast stations around Spring Valley: KBOP-LP (Channel 25; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.) KSWB-TV (Channel 69; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: KSWB INC.) KUSI-TV (Channel 51; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CHANNEL 51 OF SAN DIEGO, INC.) KPBS (Channel 15; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR SAN DIEGO UNIV.) KNSD (Channel 39; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: STATION VENTURE OPERATIONS, LP) KBNT-CA (Channel 17; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, L.L.C.) K63EN (Channel 63; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: CIVIC LIGHT, INC.) KSDX-LP (Channel 29; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: KRCA LICENSE CORP.) K61GH (Channel 61; NATIONAL CITY, CA; Owner: TV-61 SAN DIEGO, INC.) KFMB-TV (Channel 8; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.) KGTV (Channel 10; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MCGRAW-HILL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.) Back to the top City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. 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Spring 2002 Alcalá Almanac Alumni Gallery News Briefs Class Notes Back Continue A Lesson in Faith page 2 Rivera had a neighborhood. Now he needed a plan. On a flight to a friend's wedding in Philadelphia, Rivera leafed through a Parade Magazine and found a story about Nativity Prep schools. Started 30 years ago by a group of New York Jesuits, the Nativity Prep philosophy contends that 12-hour class days, a low student-teacher ratio, college-prep work and a healthy respect for Catholic values will lead at-risk children to success. The concept works: 80 percent of the children graduating from the original Nativity Prep in New York have gone on to college. There are now 40 similar schools throughout the country. When Rivera's plane landed, he rushed to a phone booth, looked up the address and found Philadelphia's school. After meeting the well-mannered kids, who talked about their plans to go to college despite their circumstances, he knew what he wanted to create. Rivera parked himself in the principal's office at the University of San Diego High School to learn as much as he could about running a school. He set up meetings with experts like USD's School of Education Dean Paula Cordeiro and veteran Catholic school principal Brian Bennett. He picked their brains, asked for their help and created an education advisory board. There was nothing in San Diego similar to Nativity Prep, a school that deals specifically with very, very low-income students and develops a Catholic relationship, Rivera says. I told my advisers about it, and they said, 'Go out and do whatever you need to make it happen.' Rivera did. He got help writing a business plan and a needs assessment to get funding for the school, landing $300,000 in grants -- including $50,000 each from San Diego companies Sandicast and Hoehn Motors, and $120,000 from the Catholic Cassin Foundation - on little more than his passion. I had no idea what a needs assessment was, Rivera says. I was embarrassed to tell Dean Cordeiro that when she said I needed one. He convinced one of his advisers, veteran Catholic school principal Bob Heveron, to come out of retirement and run the school. Rivera had to hire teachers, but had no money for salaries. With USD's help he discovered that AmeriCorps would send him volunteer teachers, college graduates interested in service work for two years. To make the deal sweeter, he convinced Lazarus and USD to pick up most of the tab for the teachers' graduate degrees in education. Rivera and his advisers decided the school should start out teaching fifth graders. Eleven-year-olds, they reasoned, had yet to hit puberty and hopefully were not drawn in by the gangs and drugs and sex that filled their streets. They'd reach the kids through their parents, pitching the school during Mass in neighborhood parishes, posting fliers, going door-to-door. It was last summer, and Rivera wanted classes to begin in the fall. People said I should slow down, consider other areas of San Diego, wait, says Rivera. But the need was too great. I wanted kids in those seats. It was a great plan, a beautiful dream. And it had next to no chance of coming together. *** Two thousand miles from San Diego, Tracey Pavey hung up the phone. The Notre Dame graduate just promised Rivera, who she had met via e-mail, that she would teach at his school in San Diego, a city she had never visited, for two years for $35 a week. Pavey was thrilled. She always had teaching in the back of her mind, although she majored in business. The thought of giving it a try at a new school for low-income kids appealed to her altruism. Her mom was worried about her moving halfway across country; her dad thought she was nuts for pitching a Notre Dame business degree in favor of volunteer work. But Pavey liked the idea of receiving a USD master's degree without having to take out a loan. She liked what Rivera told her about living in a big house, a la MTV's Real World, with other college grads who wanted to help poor kids. She liked the idea of putting her business background to use in a start-up education venture. I thought it would be cool to be in on building a school from scratch, says Pavey, who hails from Rushville, Ind. With her dishwater blond hair hanging at her shoulders, her clean-scrubbed face and broad smile, the 22-year-old looks more like a big sister than a math teacher who answers to the name Ms. Pavey. I e-mailed and talked to David several times, and he convinced me to move out. I get out here, and there is nothing. No school. We don't even have a house to live in. I thought, 'Are you kidding me?' When Pavey and the other teachers arrived last August, their house - which was the site of several recent drug busts - was still in escrow. The building Rivera hoped to lease for the school had been rented to another tenant. Nativity Prep was to open in six weeks, and it didn't even have students. David told us that everyone in the county knew about Nativity Prep. My first day here, I passed out fliers about the school in the neighborhood, and people were saying 'What new school?' Pavey says. They hadn't heard of us. It was frustrating. While waiting for escrow to close on the six-bedroom, two-bath house that had been turned into apartments, Rivera scrambled, moving the teachers from donated dormitories at USD to a Best Western hotel. When keys to the $205,000 house were turned over to Rivera, a woman and her five grandchildren were still living in the upstairs flat. The electricity didn't work in two of the bedrooms. The kitchen and bathrooms were filthy. The transplanted teachers had to rip up carpet and knock down walls, doing much of the work by candlelight. Teacher Margaret Liegel lived out of her suitcase in the living room with another teacher for nearly three months. Her room was the one occupied by the grandmother, who Rivera didn't have the heart to evict until she found another place. We had to go out and get donations to get the house fixed, and we're washing walls with cockroaches running out, says Liegel, who graduated from Boston College. I think I came out here thinking this is a really cool thing we're doing, and then it hit you, oh my gosh, what am I doing here? A few weeks before classes were to begin, Rivera signed a lease on an empty building in Logan Heights for the school. Sevendays before the doors opened, the teachers hosted an open house for interested families. They scattered the few textbooks they had throughout the room to make it more impressive. We were rearranging stuff to make it look like we had something, says Pavey. We didn't even have bulletin boards. I thought the families would turn around and walk out. They didn't. Nineteen children enrolled, and Rivera's school had its first class. Back Continue USD Magazine Index
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Along the walls of buildings and residential houses, more than 600 local murals filled with colorful beauty and social political narratives canvas the corner of the eye. Mural fanatics can easily tour each of these top San Francisco murals in one mural-crazed day. Balmy Alley Between 24th and 25th St. (just south of Folsom St.), San Francisco CA Running straight into a park in a balmy section of San Francisco, this highly political and sometimes whimsical alley started in 1971 and fills the newly cobble-stoned street with Latino and South American murals portraying images of political strife, artistic movements and cultural heroes. Precita Eyes Mural organization, a non-profit arts organization that acts as an ambassador to Balmy alley, runs mural walking tours daily throughout the year. 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Women's Building 3543 18th St., San Francisco CA Known to San Francisco locals as the "Maestrapeace," this four-story mural titled "Women's Wisdom Through Time" is the vivid result of a yearlong collaboration between seven women artists back in 1971. This monumentally colorful project wraps around the entire building of this multi-service center for women and girls. The mural features narratives of feminine independence and strength, including depictions of famous women including Georgia O'Keefe and lesbian activist of color, Audre Lorde. Diego Rivera Murals Art Institute of San Francisco 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco CA The most famous of the San Francisco murals is at The Art Institute of San Francisco: "The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City." Commissioned by banker and philanthropist William Gerstle, this is one of four murals in the Bay Area painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The gallery is open daily from 8am-9pm and also features revolving art exhibits. San Francisco City College Ocean Avenue campus in the Diego Rivera Theater, San Francisco CA Another notable Diego Rivera mural (and some say the most important work of its time) is the Pan-American Unity mural located at San Francisco City College's main campus. Commissioned in 1940 for the Golden Gate International Exhibit and then moved to its now permanent location in the Diego Rivera Theater in the 1961, this 22 by 74-foot masterpiece is based on the marriage of North and South American artistic expression. --San Francisco mural reviews by Sirron Norris. 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P {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, san-serif} td {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, san-serif} H1 {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, san-serif} .text {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, san-serif} .small {font-size: 8pt} #orangeHeader {color: #CC6600; font-weight: bold} A:link {color:"#003366";} A:visited {color:"#006699";} A:hover {color:"#FF9900";} a.navbaron {font-size:10px; font-family:arial, helvetica; color:#000000; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold} a.navbaroff {font-size:12px; font-family:arial, helvetica; color:#FFCC66; font-weight:bold} a.navbaroff:hover {color:#ffffff} The National College Magazine Current Issue Winter 2004 Select Previous Issues Fall 2004 Spring 2004 Winter 2003 Fall 2003 Spring 2003 U.Mag's Top 25 Articles From wacky college stories to celebrity interviews, these are our favorite U. articles of all time. Features Binge Drinking: A College National Pastime? Body Image: Taken Too Seriously? 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For most students the first year or two means they're doomed to the dorm, so when the time comes to make the move off campus - the decision of "where" to move is a big one. Although there are real estate companies that will help students find digs, and even some schools that offer at least a referral to an apartment finder service, some collegians are turning to the Net for help. A Web site called CollegeRealEstate.com, the brainchild of Charles Silver, a junior at the University of Miami, Florida, is hooking students up with housing. Silver explains. "An instructor was teaching that the Internet wasn't increasing sales. A light bulb went off in my head and I realized the largest market, the college real estate market, wasn't being targeted." This set the stage for his entrepreneurial epiphany in the Fall of 1999. "A light bulb went off in my head and I realized the largest market, the college real estate market, wasn't being targeted." CHARLES SILVER, University of Miami junior "I wanted to get a job where I could at least be working in my neighborhood, but I could make a decent amount of profit and be going to school at the same time. So the best thing I could do is. ...Become a licensed real estate agent. I did that at 19," he says. "I came up with the idea in my dorm room and now I work out of my family's garage." Since then Silver has put more than 100 listings up on CollegeRealEstate.com. Here's how it works: From the home page, a student hits "search for listing by college," picks a school and a price range, and bingo - the choices pop up. Students get the address, contact number, price and how far it is to campus by walk or by wheels, plus a picture of the location. Although the site only serves Florida colleges and universities right now, that's about to change. "We're adding 50 [colleges] in the next four weeks," says Silver, then adds that he hopes to list at least one college in each of the 50 states. "We plan to have at least ten listings per school." CollegeRealEstate.com is already a hit on campuses, scoring 1,000 hits in just two days in January. "I found out about it by word of mouth [then] jumped on it," says Daniel Erdberg, a student at Florida International University. "I believe it's very simple to use, it's a very simplified design. It's only two or three clicks to get right where you can see a place and take a look." Not only did Erdberg find a place he liked; he now shares the wealth. "I have referred this site a ton. I can't even put a number on it. When I talk to people in school I try to say it as much as possible because it's so simple for students," agrees the FIU student. "It's going to save dollars and time. Most guys hate going to the mall shopping, let alone finding an apartment. This site really takes out a lot of that time. It's just great," he says. "It's going to save dollars and time. Most guys hate going to the mall shopping, let alone finding an apartment. This site really takes out a lot of that time. It's just great." DANIEL ERDBERG, Florida International University student Time is one factor, but money is another. College students aren't charged for the service. "Anyone who wants to look for an apartment now or forever, it's free," explains Silver. He does plan however, to charge companies or private owners who list locations on the site. "It will be 25 bucks a month, $125 for a half year or $200 for a year. ...There's no other way to expose your property on a global level to a college market than [on] our site." There are other options for students looking to move off-campus, but they will cost them in one way or another. Real estate companies, for instance, usually charge a finder's fee. "We have 11 offices here in the San Diego area and we do a lot of business around San Diego State University and other area schools," explains Tim Hintz, the office manager with for Re/Max Realty in San Diego. "We have a lot of people who call and want to buy a condo, then rent it to their daughter and roommates who go to SDSU, and then they rent it out until they retire," Hintz says, then admits, students are just a small part of their business. For collegians who don't mind the legwork, there are free services that will assist in digging up off-campus housing - although it may or may not be available at certain schools. "There's an organization called the Off Campus Student Organization and they put out an off-campus housing guide each year, and we constantly have students come by and ask about housing off-campus," shares Shannon Cloyes, a double major senior at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. "I think if there was that Web site [the guide] would advertise it as a source for students." "We have a lot of people who call and want to buy a condo, then rent it to their daughter and roommates who go to SDSU, and then they rent it out until they retire." TIM HINTZ, officer manager for Re/Max Realty, San Diego, CA Cloyes also points out that students at Oklahoma State also go about getting housing the old-fashioned way. "So many of the houses in Stillwater are owned by residents who live in Stillwater, or students who live here. They just go to friends or people they know that live here to rent houses off-campus." Students at the University of Houston have the option of using another free service - one that offers assistance in doing some of the legwork. "What we do is, when a student comes in and we cannot house them, we have gone out and looked at some apartments within [a] 15 minute drive of the university," says Andy Blank, director of housing. "Plus we also give them a service that hunts for these things, which is free. It's an apartment finder type thing. But that's all we do for off-campus housing. That's something that there certainly is a demand for -- housing." Silver with CollegeRealEstate.com isn't worried about competition. He thinks his Web site is the way of the future for students looking to make a move off-campus. "Everyone I've talked to, they know somebody who's looking for a place. [The Web site is] just making it more efficient." Although he's not making money yet, Silver has already turned down several offers to sell. "'Cause we're college students, we know time is on our side. Basically we know our concept is like gold." View All Tech Talk Articles Print this article Home | College Admissions | Financial Aid | Career Center | Student Travel | Student Offers | U.Magazine | Help | Privacy Advertise with Colleges.com
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Home Availability Photo Gallery Floorplans Features Lifestyle Online Application Contact Us Directions Service Request Click Here To See Other Beautiful BRE Communities Click Here to Learn About LunchAndLease.com Click Here to Get Local School Information Located directly to the east of the City of San Diego, the area has an approximate population of 60,000 and is graced with rolling hills and breathtaking views. Incorporated in 1912, this area has grown from a sleepy farming community into a dynamic metropolitan area while still retaining its unique character and spectacular natural beauty. Nestled in the hills within the city limits of San Diego lies the community of Tierrasanta. Because it has very well defined borders, residents refer to it as The Island in the Hills . Miramar Air Station's undeveloped area lies to the north, Mission Trails Park to the east, Friars road to the south and Interstate 15 to the west. The community is built out to these borders. The Tierrasanta / Murphy Canyon community was part of the original Rancho De la Mission San Diego and the El Cajon Rancho. The Kumeyaay Indians inhabited these two mission ranchos in the first half of the 19th century. The United States government acquired 27,700 acres of this land for a Marine training camp, Camp Elliot. Subsequently the land passed on to the Navy in 1944. In 1960, Camp Elliot was annexed to the City of San Diego and in 1961 the government declared nearly half the land surplus. It was zoned R-1-40 residential. At that time, Christiana Corporation obtained 2600 acres in a land swap with the federal government and in 1971 the first master planned community in the City of San Diego was created. That was the birth of Tierrasanta. Tierrasanta is conveniently located within a 20 minute commute to downtown San Diego, major shopping centers, beaches, local college campuses, hospitals, Balboa Park, and most major recreation and entertainment attractions. There is easy access to I-15, I-805 and highways 163 and 52. Yet the atmosphere is like that of being in the country because the community enjoys approximately 846 acres of dedicated open space with more to be taken into the Open Space District in the near future. In addition, Mission Trails Regional Park, which abuts the community on the east, offers approximately 5700 acres of undeveloped land and is the site of a beautiful, state of the art Visitor Interpretive Center. There is an abundance of birds and wildlife in the park as well as in the local canyons. Tierrasanta proper consists of a well balance mix of one and two story single family homes, townhouses, condos and apartments totaling approximately 8000 units. Infrastructure consists of a public library, fire station, several neighborhood parks, a community park with a recreation center, community pool, tennis courts and playing fields. There are five public elementary school, two middle schools and one high school in the community. There are three shopping areas. Seven churches of different denominations make their homes here. Public transportation is provided by San Diego Transit. The Tierra Times is the community newspaper. Tierrasanta can best be described as an attractive, clean, middle to upper-middle income family community. All utility lines are underground and there are no unsightly antennas to be seen. Landscaping, in well kept neighborhoods, has matured nicely adding to the pleasant ambiance of the area. In addition, there are hiking and fitness trails in the local canyons. Tierrasanta enjoys a low crime rate and a wonderful sense of community pride and spirit. According to census information the medium income in Tierrasanta was $56,500. In mid 2000 the average home was worth $325,500. Lake Murray Reservoir is located within the boundary of Mission Trails Regional Park, which lies between the city of San Diego and the neighboring communities of La Mesa and Santee. The reservoir's operating schedule includes boating and fishing on Wednesday, Saturday Sunday and certain holidays from sunrise to sunset, from November through Labor Day. Open for general recreation (walking, picnicking, etc.) seven days a week, year-round. Additional information is available by calling the concessionaire at Tel: 619.390-0222. This steep trail with lots of switchbacks leads to the top of the highest point in the City of San Diego (1,591') for an excellent 360 degree view. (Elevation gain 950 feet.) For safety reasons bicycles are not allowed on this trail but are permitted on the access road from Barker Way. Welcome to Cajon Speedway, the fastest 3/8 mile paved oval on the west coast. Cajon Speedway is located in El Cajon, California, about 15 miles east of San Diego. It has been in operation since 1961. Cajon Speedway is the San Diego home of the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge. San Diego has enough attractions to keep visitors and residents busy for a good, long time, from Sea World to the renowned Zoo, from missions steeped in history to world-famous masterpieces and thoroughbred racing tinged with 1930s Hollywood glamour. A climate that is mild and pleasant year round contributes to the myriad of outdoor activities and tours, and San Diego's indoor pursuits beckon for their interactive, education qualities, or historical significance Welcome to LEGOLAND , where creativity meets fun! Discover kid-powered rides, cool building challenges, a unique mix of interactive attractions, exhilarating coasters, shows that pull the audience into the action and so much more. It s a land of surprise around every colorful corner, lively music, both whimsical and astonishingly accurate LEGO brick models and a chance to let everyone s imagination run free. LEGOLAND puts the fun in family trips with something geared towards every family member, and dozens of things to enjoy together. At the World-Famous San Diego Zoo, you will see some of the world s rarest wildlife including giant pandas (and Hua Mei, the only panda cub in the U.S.), and koalas. New at the Zoo is Ituri Forest, a mysterious central African rain forest where adventurers encounter forest buffalos, hippos, otters, okapis, colorful birds and acrobatic monkeys. Other unique habitats include Polar Bear Plunge, Tiger River, Gorilla Tropics and Sun Bear Forest. The 100-acre Zoo, one of the area s most popular attractions, is also a lush botanical garden. Also included in the San Diego Zoo's 4,000 animals representing 800 species are the ever-popular favorites -- lions, tigers, bears, elephants, giraffes, orangutans, zebras and gorillas. Most of the Zoo's inhabitants live in enclosures which resemble the animals' natural homes in the wild. San Diego's ideal climate makes it possible for most of the Zoo s animals to live outdoors year-round and for visitors to have a pleasant visit no matter what the season. Sea World San Diego opened March 21, 1964 and has hosted more than 100 million guests. The park's land mass is 189.5 acres, including parking and support facilities. The highest standards of animal husbandry, education and marine life display have earned SeaWorld San Diego accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). SeaWorld has been honored by the AZA many times for significant achievement in education, breeding and display of marine wildlife. Our Mission Statement: To entertain, amaze and educate, creating memories that last a lifetime. Opened to the public on May 10, 1972, the San Diego Wild Animal Park is a unique adventure -- a zoo unlike traditional zoos -- in which animals roam in entire herds and flocks, in enclosures measured in acres rather than feet. It is a facility designed first for the animals, and second for the people who come to observe them. Nearing the end of its third decade of study and preservation, it remains, as dubbed at its birth, the zoo of the future. With a 32-acre Heart of Africa walking safari, Wgasa Bush Line Railway, Lorikeet Landing, Nairobi Village, and Condor Ridge, a visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park is like a safari to many of the world's most exotic places. Set against the native habitat of the San Pasqual Valley, the Park also features lush botanical gardens. Check the Visitor Information pages for prices, hours, directions and more. Tierrasanta Recreation Center 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92124 619.573.1393 Murphy Canyon Youth Center Ron Sexenian, MWR Sports Program Director 4867 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124 (619) 556-6167 Program runs January - April. Co-ed. Four age divisions: 6-8, 9-10, 11-13, and 14-16. Fee is $25 which includes jersey and trophy Shopping Fashion Valley Mall San Diego's finest collection of stores Beautiful outdoor shopping center featuring over 200 stores restaurants. Six department stores include: JCPenney, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Robinsons-May, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Restaurants include: The Cheesecake Factory, PF Chang's China Bistro, Crocodile Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen, Pizzeria Uno and twelve bistro cafes. Over 40 stores that are exclusive to the area include: Tiffany Co., M.A.C., Bose, Max Studio and more. 18 screen AMC Theatre. Conveniently located off Highway 163 at Friars Road West in the heart of Mission Valley. A short front side on this rolling course in the San Carlos area of San Diego gives way to a longer back nine along the scenic shores of Lake Murray. Greens have been recently resodded. Grossmont College, is a community college with a reputation for high quality instructional and student support services provided to its students and community for over 40 years. With educational excellence as the primary goal, Grossmont College is devoted to creating an environment that encourages student success. You will find a distinguished and committed faculty and staff ready to serve you. Grossmont College is an award-winning college with outstanding programs and student achievements. SDSU is a wonderfully talented, diverse, energetic community dedicated to learning and public service. We value the potential of all individuals and are dedicated to providing educational experiences, in and out of the classroom, which will embrace and develop those abilities. Many members of the SDSU family have worked hard to create a friendly and easy-to-use resource which can answer your questions about our campus. However, if you cannot find what you need here, please don't hesitate to contact us via e-mail or by telephone. We are proud to be a partner in the success of the San Diego region. We look forward to being of assistance to you, as well. California's second largest city and the United States' seventh largest, San Diego boasts a citywide population of nearly 1.3 million residents and more than 2.8 million residents countywide. Within its borders of 4,200 sq. miles, San Diego County encompasses 18 incorporated cities and numerous other charming neighborhoods and communities, including downtown's historic Gaslamp Quarter, Little Italy, Coronado, La Jolla, Del Mar, Carlsbad, Escondido, La Mesa, Hillcrest, Barrio Logan, Chula Vista and more. Known for it's near-idyllic climate, 70 miles of pristine beaches and dazzling array of world-class family attractions, including the World-Famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, SeaWorld San Diego and LEGOLAND California, San Diego offers a wide variety of things to see and do, appealing to guests from around the world. In San Diego's East County, the terrain varies from gentle foothills to mile-high mountains and the historic mining town,Julian, down to the 600,000-acre Anza Borrego Desert State Park, offering nature-conscious visitors endless opportunities to hike, camp, fish, observe wildlife and much more.In San Diego's North County, the land produces quantities of flowers as well as quality grapes that become excellent wines, which are served at some of the most elegant restaurants and resorts in the region.Along the west, 70 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline not only supports year-round outdoor recreation, such as surfing, boating, sailing and swimming,but also important scientific research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. To the south, it's a whole different country, Mexico, featuring its own cultural offerings in various towns along the border and coastline, including Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. San Diego's arts and culture and culinary arts are making a name for themselves, both nationally and internationally. Balboa Park, the largest urban cultural park in the U.S., features 15 museums, numerous art galleries, beautiful gardens, the Tony Award-winning The Globe Theatres and the World-Famous San Diego Zoo. The region is also a breeding ground for the hottest, new talents of culinary arts, who prepare award-winning meals in many of the region's 6,400 eating establishments. San Diego County also features 92 golf courses and a variety of exciting participatory and spectator sports, beachfront resorts and luxury spas, gaming, a dynamic downtown district, annual special events and unique holiday offerings, multicultural festivals and celebrations, colorful neighborhoods and communities, a rich military history, accessibility for travelers with disabilities and much more.. Qualcomm Stadium One of America's finest multi-purpose facilities, Qualcomm Stadium opened in August of 1967. Built to accommodate a wide variety of events, ranging from baseball and football to concerts and off-road events, the Stadium has become the center of the San Diego sports scene and has given the City a Major League reputation in the world of sports. Major events that have taken place at the Stadium include the Major League Baseball World Series in 1984 and 1998, the MLB All-Star Game in 1978 and 1992, and the NFL Super Bowl XXII in 1988 and XXXII in 1998. Qualcomm Stadium is also the current home of the San Diego Chargers. 9449 Friars Rd. San Diego, CA 92108 P: (619)641-3100 With an understated Spanish Mission-style exterior and a layout that's designed to create individual neighborhoods within the ballpark, Petco Park -- which, in 2004, replaces Qualcomm Stadium as the home of the San Diego Padres -- will be a distinctive addition to major-league ballparks. Following in the less-is-more formula found in parks opening in the 2000s (Petco Park seats open 46,000 -- 20,000 fewer than Qualcomm Stadium), the main selling point of Petco Park will be its intimate atmosphere and integration into downtown San Diego. The total cost of the project is $449.4 million: the ballpark itself will cost $294.1 million and land/infrastructure costs are $151.3 million. Designed by HOK Sport solely as a baseball stadium (again, as opposed to Qualcomm Stadium, which is also the home of the NFL's San Diego Chargers), all of the stadium's seats will be oriented toward the pitchers' mounds, thanks to the horseshoe design of the grandstand. But, perhaps as important, the stadium is designed with lots of open areas for walking around, so fans can get a view of the action from several different angles throughout a game. There are actually only 42,000 seats in the ballpark, but the capacity is expanded thanks to standing-room-only areas scattered throughout the park and a grassy outfield berm area. San Diego has enough attractions to keep visitors and residents busy for a good, long time, from Sea World to the renowned Zoo, from missions steeped in history to world-famous masterpieces and thoroughbred racing tinged with 1930s Hollywood glamour. A climate that is mild and pleasant year round contributes to the myriad of outdoor activities and tours, and San Diego's indoor pursuits beckon for their interactive, education qualities, or historical significance Welcome to LEGOLAND , where creativity meets fun! Discover kid-powered rides, cool building challenges, a unique mix of interactive attractions, exhilarating coasters, shows that pull the audience into the action and so much more. It s a land of surprise around every colorful corner, lively music, both whimsical and astonishingly accurate LEGO brick models and a chance to let everyone s imagination run free. LEGOLAND puts the fun in family trips with something geared towards every family member, and dozens of things to enjoy together. At the World-Famous San Diego Zoo, you will see some of the world s rarest wildlife including giant pandas (and Hua Mei, the only panda cub in the U.S.), and koalas. New at the Zoo is Ituri Forest, a mysterious central African rain forest where adventurers encounter forest buffalos, hippos, otters, okapis, colorful birds and acrobatic monkeys. Other unique habitats include Polar Bear Plunge, Tiger River, Gorilla Tropics and Sun Bear Forest. The 100-acre Zoo, one of the area s most popular attractions, is also a lush botanical garden. Also included in the San Diego Zoo's 4,000 animals representing 800 species are the ever-popular favorites -- lions, tigers, bears, elephants, giraffes, orangutans, zebras and gorillas. Most of the Zoo's inhabitants live in enclosures which resemble the animals' natural homes in the wild. San Diego's ideal climate makes it possible for most of the Zoo s animals to live outdoors year-round and for visitors to have a pleasant visit no matter what the season. Sea World San Diego opened March 21, 1964 and has hosted more than 100 million guests. The park's land mass is 189.5 acres, including parking and support facilities. The highest standards of animal husbandry, education and marine life display have earned SeaWorld San Diego accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). SeaWorld has been honored by the AZA many times for significant achievement in education, breeding and display of marine wildlife. Our Mission Statement: To entertain, amaze and educate, creating memories that last a lifetime. Opened to the public on May 10, 1972, the San Diego Wild Animal Park is a unique adventure -- a zoo unlike traditional zoos -- in which animals roam in entire herds and flocks, in enclosures measured in acres rather than feet. It is a facility designed first for the animals, and second for the people who come to observe them. Nearing the end of its third decade of study and preservation, it remains, as dubbed at its birth, the zoo of the future. With a 32-acre Heart of Africa walking safari, Wgasa Bush Line Railway, Lorikeet Landing, Nairobi Village, and Condor Ridge, a visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park is like a safari to many of the world's most exotic places. Set against the native habitat of the San Pasqual Valley, the Park also features lush botanical gardens. Check the Visitor Information pages for prices, hours, directions and more. Sevilla, a wonderful restaurant with locations in Gaslamp and North County, features a 2 hour Flamenco Dinner Show on Saturday nights. Flamenco is the mesmerizing dance of Andalusia, where gypsies and Spaniards would gather, often in caves , to feel the rapture and passion of the music. The movements explode with energy as the dancers and guitarists engage in a contest of mood and emotion. On Friday nights, Sevilla features an exciting Tango Dinner Show, demonstrating the passionate movements and tempos developed in Argentina. Guitarists entertain nightly in the Tapas Bar. It's been a fine movie theater, a second-run house, a porn palace and a revived but financially failing cinema. The Star Theater in Oceanside now starts another new life: as a performing arts center and home of the Poinsettia Theatre for the Performing Arts. The Oceanside Unified School District will have use of the theater at least five times a year, and a performing-arts program will be taken into elementary school classrooms. The Independent Film Society will be allowed to show its movies 10 to 12 times a year. The Star, which now seats 870 but is due to be reduced to 550 seats, will stage mostly musicals. The 200-seat Sunshine Brooks Theater will primarily be the site of recitals. Over the past 15 years, Sledgehammer Theatre has emerged as a nationally recognized company known for intense dedication to the development of new American voices in the theater. Sledgehammer Theatre has created, performed and presented over 45 new theater productions including 15 world premieres and six west coast premieres. The company's work is distinguished for adventurous excellence and numerous artistic achievements; the repertoire is routinely recognized for spectacular use of space and design, prolific new play development, and vibrant performances. In Southern California, Sledgehammer Theatre functions as a regional center for the creation of new theatrical events. The company provides an environment for the exploration of theatrical forms; a laboratory for established and emerging artists; and an arena for public participation in the immediacy of new and provocative American theater. A short front side on this rolling course in the San Carlos area of San Diego gives way to a longer back nine along the scenic shores of Lake Murray. Greens have been recently resodded. Torrey Pines is world renowned with a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean. Home of the Buick Invitational PGA TOUR event, Torrey Pines has been ranked the best place to golf in a readers poll with the San Diego Union-Tribune and San Diego Magazine, as well as one of the top ten golf courses in San Diego County according to Golf Industry Online. Torrey Pines is the only municipal course in the best course listing for the state.Facilities include: two 18-hole championship golf courses, driving range, practice putting greens, restaurant, food beverage carts. Torrey Pines boasts the west's largest Golf Shop, offering a full range of golf merchandise for sale and the rental of golf shoes, clubs, hand and power golf carts. The Professional Golf Staff offers group and individual golf lessons. Torrey Pines hosts the PGA TOUR Buick Invitational each February. Balboa Park Golf Course is located near the heart of Downtown San Diego. The facility features an 18 hole championship course and a nine hole executive course. All 27 greens were recently renovated and new cart paths were added. The 18 hole course features views of the City and Coronado from many holes. Facilities include: An 18-hole golf course and a 9-hole executive golf course, driving range, practice putting greens, coffee shop and half-way house. The Golf Shop offers golf merchandise for sale and the rental of clubs, hand and power golf carts. The Professional Golf staff offers group and individual golf lessons. Coronado Golf Course - One of the most scenic in the area, with San Diego Bay running alongside four holes and views of the city and mountains beyond . . . Between the usual one-club wind and bermuda-kikuyu mix of grasses, the course seems to play a little longer than its measured yardage . . . greens tend to slope back to front and are in consistently good shape despite 110,000 rounds annually . . . Coronado is built on sand reclaimed from the bottom of the bay; when rain closes other area courses, this one's usually open. -- T.R. Reinman Aviara Golf Course - Arnold Palmer's only design in the area has most holes rising and falling with the land, mounds alongside wide fairways; and enormous greens. . At 7,007 yards, the Four Seasons Aviara Golf Club is one of the longest and toughest in the county. Two Aviara holes, Nos. 8 and 18 are consistently at the top of everyone's list of the best in the county -- and by extension, the country. Says Tim Sherburn of Vista about No. 8: The most beautiful golf hole I have ever played. Downhill, through the trees, across the lake to a beautiful bunkered green. The Palmer trees and the water on the course will concern you most on the fairways at Aviara, but don't let that spoil your ocean view. The course was opened to the public in 1991. When the adjacent Four Seasons Resort Aviara opened, it put the course on the national map. SDSU is a wonderfully talented, diverse, energetic community dedicated to learning and public service. We value the potential of all individuals and are dedicated to providing educational experiences, in and out of the classroom, which will embrace and develop those abilities. Many members of the SDSU family have worked hard to create a friendly and easy-to-use resource which can answer your questions about our campus. However, if you cannot find what you need here, please don't hesitate to contact us via e-mail or by telephone. We are proud to be a partner in the success of the San Diego region. We look forward to being of assistance to you, as well. Since its founding four decades ago, the University of California, San Diego - one of the ten campuses in the world-renowned University of California system -- has risen rapidly to its status as one of the top institutions in the nation for higher education and scientific exploration. Nestled along the Pacific coastline on 1,200 acres of coastal woodland, UCSD is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh, next-generation approach to education and research. UCSD numbers five Nobel Laureates on its faculty, ranks seventh in the country in the number of National Academy of Science members, and has one of the nation's highest percentages of faculty elected to the prestigious national academies. The University of San Diego is a young institution. It was founded in 1949 when Most Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, the first Bishop of San Diego, and Reverend Mother Rosalie Hill, Religious of the Sacred Heart, obtained charters from the State of California for San Diego University and San Diego College for Women respectively. Since classes began in 1952, the institution has consciously fashioned for itself an image both intellectually challenging for its educational mission and aesthetically attractive. Southwestern College is located on a 156-acre suburban campus in the heart of eastern Chula Vista. Established in 1961, the College has evolved into a comprehensive facility, helping thousands of students achieve their specific educational goals. Southwestern College has been continuously accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. One of California's 106 public community colleges, Southwestern is the only postsecondary educational institution in South San Diego County. The College is governed by a five-member governing board publicly elected to four-year terms. MiraCosta College - If your goal is to earn a bachelor's degree, you can take freshman- and sophomore-level courses at MiraCosta and then transfer to a four-year university. It's easy-with transfer agreements MiraCosta has established with institutions including the University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, and California State University San Marcos. Find out more at MiraCosta's University Transfer Center! If your goal is to gain job training to qualify you for an entry-level position, consider enrolling in one of MiraCosta's certificate programs. The programs range from one semester to two years and include preparation for careers in marketing, multimedia technology, licensed vocational nursing, biotechnology, child care, horticulture, and dozens more. If your goal is to work toward an associate in arts degree, you can do so in a variety of academic fields. Most students complete an A.A. in two years. Grossmont College, is a community college with a reputation for high quality instructional and student support services provided to its students and community for over 40 years. With educational excellence as the primary goal, Grossmont College is devoted to creating an environment that encourages student success. You will find a distinguished and committed faculty and staff ready to serve you. Grossmont College is an award-winning college with outstanding programs and student achievements. As one of the largest and most successful of California's 107 community colleges, Mesa College takes pride in its high academic standards, its excellent programs and services, and its personal approach to helping each individual student succeed. 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San Diego Housing Federation News Join the Federation Search housingsandiego.org April - June 2003 Archives Warning: Some links may be dead or require registration. June 30, 2003 LOCAL Supervisors endorse general plan update: But 'long, arduous' process isn't over A plan to set new guidelines for growth in unincorporated San Diego County advanced Wednesday after more than five years of controversies and delays. Navy selects site near Tierrasanta for housing units The Navy on Thursday identified 300 acres at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station just north of state Route 52 as the best site for a controversial 1,600-unit complex to ease the housing crunch for the county's service members. STATE Priced Way Out: Governments lagging on low-cost housing Cities and counties throughout the Sacramento region assured the state they had thousands of acres available in the 1990s to house the poor. Open space can be rezoned A nonprofit can sell 26 acres in Lincoln to developers if other land is preserved A nonprofit foundation's plans to rezone 26 acres of open space -- allowing the construction of custom homes -- was approved this week by the Lincoln City Council, but only on the condition that the remaining 153 acres of rolling hills and oak woodlands be saved from any future development. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Homeless and Mentally Ill - Focusing on human beings, not politics Proposition N -- which requires the San Francisco Department of Human Services to provide housing and food to replace a full cash grant to homeless individuals on the County Adult Assistance Program -- in my judgment provides a steady revenue source for a specific, limited portion of our homeless population, no more, no less. NATION Baby Boomer Demand Boosting 'Universal Design' Home builders, taking a cue from aging baby boomers, are rethinking they way they design homes and the principles they are using are also easy to apply to home improvements. Planning for Active Living When architect David Dixon first made the case for building a pedestrian-friendly development in Cambridge, Mass. -- mixing houses, stores, offices, restaurants and apartment buildings -- the neighborhood went on the warpath. June 25, 2003 STATE Shaping a skyline on the waterfront QUIETLY, a new neighborhood is taking shape in San Francisco. It's an expanse of a half-dozen forgotten blocks between the Bay Bridge and downtown, earmarked for thousands of apartments a short walk from high-rise offices. NATION JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY Housing Shores Up Fragile Economy Harvard Releases the 2003 State of the Nation's Housing Report The State of the Nation's Housing - 2003 June 23, 2003 LOCAL Loan program nearly fruitless; Only one buyer downtown assisted When San Diego redevelopment officials launched a first-time home-buyer program more than a year ago, they had high hopes of placing aspiring homeowners in moderately priced condos downtown. After all, they reasoned, an interest-free loan of $75,000 should be adequate to temper the sticker shock of downtown real estate. Or so they thought. Fourteen months later, just one buyer has closed escrow on a downtown property with the help of the special program. San Diego with help from the young; Richard Louv Is San Diego ready for a major citizens league - and if so, could the young lead the way? Mike Stepner thinks so. As director of Land Use and Housing of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, Stepner has been quietly trying for a year to create something he calls "Envision San Diego" - a public initiative that would "pull together many of the planning efforts in the region." City will look at community growth plans: Council expects to pick 3 or 4 finalists Seven proposals in communities from San Ysidro to Sorrento Mesa will vie to become "pilot villages" that will be used to inspire the future shape of development in San Diego. Council to vote on "granny flat" law CARLSBAD ---- City Council members will give their final vote Tuesday on whether to ease the building permit process for "granny flats," or second units on residential properties. Condo boom continues in Murrieta MURRIETA ---- With over 280 units, Madison Park Villas is the largest condominium complex in the city. And its proposed expansion of another 250 units, to be considered this week, would make it the latest in a surge of recently approved condominiums. Because the project is in the city's redevelopment area, the developer is required to make 15 percent of the complex ---- 37 units ---- below market rate to ensure affordable housing for lower income residents. Vista man to appeal condominium project VISTA ---- It only takes one person with $500 to appeal a Planning Commission vote, and that's exactly what resident Mark Stinnett says he'll do. The commission voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve a plan for 55 condominiums to be built on 6.4 acres of land off North Melrose Drive, an area that highlights the contrast between old and new Vista. STATE Inclusionary housing efforts expanding By the end of the year, as many as one-quarter of all California cities are expected to have inclusionary housing policies in place to improve housing opportunities for low-income families. How cities are implementing these programs is the subject of a new report issued by the Institute for Local Self Government. L.A. OKs Plan to Rid Homes of Lead Paint The Los Angeles City Council has approved the creation of a pilot program aimed at eliminating the hazards associated with lead-based paint in older homes and apartments. NATION Impact fees make positive impact Property taxes inadequate for sustained community growth, study finds Property taxes alone can't foot the bill for new-development infrastructure, and one-time charges known as "impact fees" are the answer, according to a new study released by the Brookings Institute. Paying for Prosperity: Impact Fees and Job Growth June 19, 2003 LOCAL Low-income housing pushed; Landlords, owners fault rights issues Affordable-housing advocates, the disabled and building-industry leaders urged San Diego City Council members yesterday to back a recently released citizens task force report that calls on the city to significantly boost the supply of low-cost housing. Residents want no farmworker housing near their homes CARLSBAD ---- Dozens of city residents turned out to protest a possible housing project for farmworkers at a Planning Commission meeting Wednesday, despite assurances that the meeting had nothing to do with the issue NATION Martinez Launches New Spanish-Language Website Espanol.hud.gov to Increase Housing and Homeownership Opportunities "Espanol.hud.gov is one part of our overall plan to increase minority access to HUD's extraordinary homeownership and educational materials," said Martinez. "Today's announcement is another step towards achieving the Bush Administration's goal of helping more minorities achieve the dream of homeownership." STATE Tax credits are the spark for affordable housing Not long after Congress authorized low-income housing tax credits in 1986, more developers began exploring affordable housing because the program offered a new way to finance projects. A year later, California authorized a tax-credit program that provided an additional incentive. Building hope A growing number of innovative developments are giving low-income housing a new look and transforming tenants' lives. At the new Cesar Chavez Gardens apartments, around the corner from Chinatown's main strip of shops and restaurants, Alejandra Nieto stepped into her sunny living room, unable to suppress a smile as she showed off the beige carpets, modern kitchen and three spacious bedrooms in her $463-a-month rental in the contemporary multifamily complex. State cuts reach too deep, local leaders say As Sacramento County supervisors struggled Wednesday to fill a record budget shortfall, regional leaders denounced a legislative proposal to cut $1.16 billion annually from local governments. SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL Cheap housing has no takers SCOTTS VALLEY - You might think people would beat down the door when a condo is priced to sell for $294,123. Oceanside to form panel on El Corazon's future OCEANSIDE - The City Council agreed yesterday to form a committee that will recommend a plan for the future of El Corazon, city-owned property that was the subject of a heated election last year. A vital stop for the poor: Downtown church a place of food, comfort, health care Disheveled, their faces worn, the couple heartily ate their meals. June 18, 2003 LOCAL Planning Commission approves 'live-work' units in San Marcos SAN MARCOS - This city is getting into urban living. The city Planning Commission has approved two projects that will bring new types of housing to San Marcos. Both would feature condominiums that have space for a business and a residence in one unit. Developers appeal urban runoff pollution controls: Burden imposed by rules called unfair by industry group A developers' group has appealed a court ruling that upholds stringent pollution regulations on urban runoff. STATE The Housing Action Coalition's goals for the coming years. NATION Housing Affordability Worsens: State of the Nation's Housing 2003 finds 3 in 10 households have affordability problems By many measures, 2002 was another strong year for housing, but affordability problems continue to plague households, especially those in the lower income brackets, a report released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University finds. June 13, 2003 LOCAL New developer buying Fanita Ranch: Barratt American plans larger lots and houses SANTEE - Barratt American Inc. is in escrow to purchase Fanita Ranch from Terrabrook, bringing the 2,600-acre parcel a significant step closer to development. Habitat plan OK'd by coastal panel: Carlsbad preserves open space LONG BEACH - A habitat preservation plan intended to ensure the survival of coyotes, gnatcatchers and real estate developers in Carlsbad won unanimous approval yesterday by the state Coastal Commission. STATE Report: Inclusionary housing programs growing across state By the end of the year, as many as one-fourth of all California cities are expected to have inclusionary housing policies in place to improve housing opportunities for low-income families. How cities are implementing these programs is the subject of a recent report issued by the Institute for Local Self Government. Interest rates keep California's Housing Affordability Index unchanged in April despite rise in median home price, C.A.R. reports LOS ANGELES (June 12) - The percentage of households in California able to afford a median-priced home was at 27 percent in April, unchanged compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report released today by the California Association of REALTORSR (C.A.R.). The April Housing Affordability Index (HAI) decreased one percentage point from 28 percent in March 2003. A voice for housing For 10 Years, Diverse Coalition Has Spoken Up for Smart Development .The coalition doesn't show up for just any development. It has to be all affordable or mixed income; it has to follow smart growth principles, with higher densities near transit stops and workplaces to make efficient use of land within cities. Leaders Hope to End Homelessness Broadly based group called Bring LA Home forms with the aim of erasing the problem in the region in 10 years A group of the Los Angeles area's top elected leaders, including Mayor James K. Hahn and Sheriff Lee Baca, on Thursday announced the creation of a new panel whose lofty goal will be to end homelessness in the next decade. NATIONAL Builders Testify Before Congress on Legislative Solutions to Remove Affordable Housing Barriers The nation's home builders today called on Congress to take several steps to remove barriers to the production of affordable housing and to expand homeownership opportunities for America's working families. June 12, 2003 LOCAL Oceanside declares low-income housing crisis The Oceanside City Council unanimously declared an "affordable-housing" crisis and formed a task force Wednesday to study the issue over the next six months. The city is expected to fall way short of its goal to build 499 affordable-housing units by... Task force on housing OK'd in Oceanside: Affordability 'crisis' spurs council to act OCEANSIDE - The City Council has declared a "crisis" in affordable housing here and appointed a 19-member task force to make recommendations. Housing crisis declaration welcome - Editorial A chief, but not sole, headache for people wanting to live in North County is the lack of affordable housing. If you're a buyer, condo conversions (rooms that used to be apartments) are under $200,000, but that's about it.... Oceanside housing out of reach for many - OCEANSIDE ---- Affordable housing isn't. Not in Southern California, anyway, and certainly not in coastal North County. Bill Wechter / Staff Photographer The Old Grove Apartment complex, seen here under construction late... STATE Two plans for the homeless: "Care not Cash" can work Some opponents of Proposition N ("Care Not Cash") have said that they will do anything to stop its implementation. It appears that one strategy is to erode public support by misrepresenting its purpose and San Francisco's strategy for implementation. Two plans for the homeless: An alternative to Prop. N Decent housing. Substance abuse treatment. Mental health programs. Proposition N promised these services would replace cash to help single homeless adults. Advocates sue 2 cities over lack of housing Housing advocates recently sued two cities, Camarillo and Fillmore, claiming they failed to build affordable housing for very low-income wage earners, especially farm workers. June 10, 2003 LOCAL Affordable housing main issue at rally/ Event to build support for study draws 1,200 STATE State Offers Mediation to Landlords, Tenants in Discrimination Disputes/ Housing officials hope the free program will bring complaints to a quick and peaceful end. Government savings are expected. June 9, 2003 STATE L.A. Council Votes to Save Housing Stock New program is designed to manage privately owned, low-income units Amid concerns that more than 12,000 federally subsidized housing units could soon revert to higher market-rate rents, the Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to create a program to preserve and manage the current stock of low-income housing. NATION Developers bet on high end Developers around the nation are betting that high-end homes and condominiums will continue to sell despite a generally weak economy. June 6, 2003 STATE Steinberg tables bill to alter local-government funding Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg's controversial bill to change the way local governments are financed as a way of encouraging more housing projects has been tabled until next year. Link between health and sprawl makes 'smart' growth look even smarter When architect David Dixon first made the case for building a pedestrian-friendly development in Cambridge, Mass. - mixing houses, stores, offices, restaurants and apartment buildings - the neighborhood went on the warpath. June 5, 2003 STATE PLANETIZEN Once Upon A Time, Growth Was Good William Fulton explains how a citizen anti-tax initiative passed 25 years ago has turned out to be a major force in shaping the urban and suburban landscape we see throughout the country today. Visions of a brighter Tenderloin future The Tenderloin neighborhood, plagued with homelessness and drug dealing, is fast becoming a hotbed for new developments that community members hope will help revitalize the area Fremont swaps housing agencies: Service provider fights discrimination, provides information to tenants But on the same night, more than 20 community members pleaded with city officials not to replace the city-funded agency that for more than a decade has investigated housing discrimination claims and provided tenants and landlords free information about housing laws. Project includes low-cost homes Developers of the Marina Heights housing project at Fort Ord say they are setting aside 210 of the 1,050 planned homes to be sold at below-market prices SAN LUIS OBISPO TRIBUNE Finding places to live: The idea is to make room for homes, without new buildings The Cal Poly architecture student and her 16 classmates spent the spring quarter coming up with affordable housing solutions for downtown San Luis Obispo by infilling on top of current structures. Infill is making room for more homes without constructing brand new buildings. NATION Self-help promoted for housing by Department of Agriculture RANCHO MIRAGE --How do you make housing affordable for more people at a time of skyrocketing home values and shrinking state budgets? Self-help may be answer June 4, 2003 LOCAL Evictions protested in condo conversion: Imperial Beach tenants resist IMPERIAL BEACH - For the past 18 years, Rolland Gray has lived a comfortable life in his two-bedroom beachfront apartment, where his rent is $950 a month. Navy, development partnership OK $240 million housing deal The Navy recently signed a $240 million development deal that includes demolishing the 545-unit Gateway Village military housing area in Loma Portal and replacing it with 460 townhomes. STATE Housing plan clears Assembly: The landmark bill would designate 10 percent of new units for low-income residents Legislation to make the Sacramento region a national leader in the construction of housing for low-income residents cleared the state Assembly Tuesday. Renters get most of housing funds: More than half of Housing Authority revenue could come from Section 8 federal funds GLENDALE CITY HALL - Renters are set to get the lion's share of Housing Authority revenues, according to proposed budget figures released by the city. NATION U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT - Press Release - 6/3/2003 Bush Administration Launches Second Annual National Homeownership Month HUD's "Homeownership Express" To Visit Communities Nationwide WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez today joined members of Congress and Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity, to launch National Homeownership Month. Today's event, Congress Building America, is part of a month-long drive by HUD and its partners to expand homeownership opportunities to more Americans, particularly minorities. June 3, 2003 LOCAL County-wide initiative follows North County lead ESCONDIDO ---- If preservationist Duncan McFetridge persuades San Diego County residents to force a vote on most proposed tract housing in unincorporated areas, it would hardly be a first. McFetridge of Descanso, president of the conservation group Save Our Forest and Ranchlands, launched what he is calling the "Clean Water and Forest Initiative" for unincorporated sections of the county last week. It could appear on the March 2004 ballot. If passed, it would become the third growth-control measure approved by voters in the last five years. STATE SACRAMENTO BEE SPECIAL REPORT: PROPOSITION 13 Debate over Prop. 13 still rages/ Benefits are clear at tax time; the cost is harder to see As Proposition 13 approaches its 25th anniversary, California's landmark anti-tax initiative continues to be blamed by public policy experts for everything from unsightly blooms of auto malls to lackluster schools. Prop. 13 gives tax relief at a cost to others, critics say Rich schools, poor schools/ Affluent parents keep programs alive; others can't afford to 25 years later, local schools feel the pinch/ Field trips are out and fees are in for many programs at imperiled Sunrise Elementary. SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL: Rethinking Prop. 13/ Unintended consequences need attention Cuts in Red Tape Urged to Boost New Housing Los Angeles - A downtown Los Angeles business association is urging city officials to revise policies that it says hamper the construction of residential housing and contribute to a housing shortage. If the recommendations are followed, developers will save $20,000 to $30,000 per housing unit and more housing will be built, "just by doing it...are dedicated to affordable housing. But that incentive is... Forum Studies School Uses Los Angeles - More than 150 politicians, community leaders and education activists converged on a Getty Center lecture hall Thursday to consider how public schools can become neighborhood centers for young and old. "What should education be like in the 21st century? How should it relate to community, to business, to cultural institutions?" Ken Robinson, a J. Paul Getty Trust senior advisor for education, asked at the opening of the symposium. NATION Bill seeks funds for affordable housing City officials across the country are rallying behind federal legislation that would create a dedicated funding stream to help alleviate the nation's affordable housing crunch. The National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003 was introduced by Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in March and has attracted the tri-partisan support of 186 co-sponsors. The bill would "provide for the development, rehabilitation and preservation of decent, safe and affordable housing for low-income families." May 30, 2003 LOCAL Task force will offer a renters' rights plan: Landlord would be required to establish eviction reason Seeking to strengthen protections for renters, San Diego's Affordable Housing Task Force yesterday recommended that before landlords could evict their tenants they would have to give them a specific reason. STATE COMMENTARY California's Problem Isn't Prop. 13 Proposition 13, the tax-cutting measure that capped property tax rates and assessments and required public votes on other tax increases, reaches its 25th anniversary next week both reviled and praised. Bill Targets Tax Policy That Adds to Urban Sprawl SACRAMENTO--As legislators teeter timidly alongside a nightmarish budget gap, they may be getting into a mood to correct an unintended consequence of Proposition 13. Cuts in Red Tape Urged to Boost New Housing: A report recommends less stringent parking and open-space rules, among other changes A downtown Los Angeles business association is urging city officials to revise policies that it says hamper the construction of residential housing and contribute to a housing shortage. May 24-27, 2003 LOCAL Union-Tribune Editorial No cheap solution: Affordable housing requires investments Last summer, the City Council, in a rather grandiose move, declared a housing emergency in San Diego. Of course, it was true. When the average home price is $389,000 and the median household income is less than $50,000, that's a crisis. But the grandiosity was when the council empaneled an affordable housing task force to come up with a solution in nine months. That time is now up, but the council has other problems - a budget crisis, a pension fund crisis and a strip club crisis. Nobody wants to hear what the affordable housing task force has to say. The price is right if your income is right Feeling priced out of the market with no hope of ever owning your own home? You may be in luck, provided you have the right income. The Olson Co. is opening up sales for a new condominium development located in the Black Mountain Ranch area that will include one-, two-and three-bedroom homes selling from the low $120,000s, with prices going up to $152,000. Carlsbad OKs bonds to fund affordable apartment projects CARLSBAD - The City Council approved up to $28 million in bonds yesterday to finance construction of affordable apartment projects in La Costa and Calavera Hills. STATE Regional housing bill faces a fight Opposing cities helped quash Steinberg's prior bid, but he says his new plan has more allies State Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg's bill to boost construction of affordable housing in the Sacramento region will soon head to the Assembly floor, but a group of suburban cities is working hard to stop it. San Luis Obispo Tribune Tour to show 'density is not a dirty word': Free event lets residents check out county's lower-cost housing SAN LUIS OBISPO - Sharon Mesker's one-bedroom apartment is small and cozy -- she calls it her dollhouse. But it has everything she needs, down to a full kitchen and outdoor patio, and it's within her budget. Empty Downtown L.A. Office Tower May Be Getting Its Fill The long-vacant building at 1100 Wilshire Blvd. is being sold for an estimated $36 million to buyers who plan to convert it into condos California Association of Realtors Median price soars 14.8 percent in April to new record: Sales decline 9.3 percent LOS ANGELES (May 27) - The median price of an existing home in California in April increased 14.8 percent and sales decreased 9.3 percent compared to the same period a year ago, the California Association of REALTORSR (C.A.R.) reported today. NATION 'American Dream' expands beyond single-family home Urban Land Institute addresses demand for more mixed-use, transit-oriented development Demographic, economic and sociocultural factors are creating a new configuration for urban America and causing the American Dream to split into many different dreams, according to Urban Land Institute Senior Resident Fellow Maureen McAvey during a recent ULI forum in Baltimore. May 23, 2003 LOCAL Rezoning plans opposed by seniors are approved Oceanside - Longtime Oceana resident Inez Ferkel, in support of the project, said, "There are very few, if any, moderately priced dwellings in North County." California needs to rethink land use policy for affordable housing By Patricia Butler and Cary Lowe Opinion The lack of affordable housing in California has never been more severe, and the situation is getting progressively worse. STATE Street attack stuns visiting doctors: Psychiatrists at S.F. convention get dose of reality San Francisco. "You have the federal governments cutting housing and the state cutting treatment, and you end up with all these mentally ill people on the street," said Paul Boden, head of the Coalition on Homelessness. 'Revolving door' for mentally ill predicted: Budget cuts mean less psychiatric treatment . "If people were concerned about homelessness before, they need to be a lot more concerned about homelessness now," said Jonathan Vernick, executive director of Baker Places, which provides residential treatment for the mental ill and drug addicts. State Agency Tries to Stop Condo Sales Many owners in south Orange County rent out instead of live in the low-cost homes, Coastal Commission officials say. Residents cry foul. Growth Plans Often Ignored: A Ventura County study shows developers rarely build as many dwellings as official policies allow. The study, to be released today, concludes that so-called general plans- the supposed blueprints for city growth - fail to reflect political and market realities and are not reliable predictors of how many homes will probably be built within 10 local cities. NATION House members worry over Bush plan to give states control of housing vouchers WASHINGTON (AP) - A $12 billion voucher program that helps 2 million families pay the rent could turn into a pot of money for cash-starved state governments if federal housing officials transfer control of the program, lawmakers said Thursday. May 22, 2003 LOCAL San Marcos board sees plans for big project: Condos, retail space would be across from Palomar SAN MARCOS - Plans for a large condominium and commercial project across from Palomar College were presented yesterday to the city's economic development board. County land-use guide draws praise, scorn at meeting: Supervisors to vote on plan June 11 A land-use plan to guide growth in unincorporated areas went before county supervisors yesterday, drawing support and scorn from an overflow crowd that included ranchers and farmers, builders and environmentalists. Many building and inspection fees will increase; some will be lowered The San Diego City Council this week increased fees for many building permits and inspections but lowered some others. STATE Cities' redevelopment funds eyed by state: Governor's revised budget would siphon dollars for capital improvements Gov. Gray Davis last week released a revised 2003-2004 state budget, which includes a reduction in cuts to education and a half-cent increase in sales tax to cover the borrowing of an estimated $10.7 billion to cover the state's projected $38.2-billion revenue shortfall. May 21, 2003 LOCAL Council OKs Inclusionary housing measure Developers required to build units or pay fee SAN DIEGO - Hoping to boost the supply of affordable housing, the San Diego City Council yesterday approved a measure requiring developers to set aside a portion of the new dwellings they build for low-and middle-income households or, in lieu of that, pay a per-home fee. May 14, 2003 LOCAL Final grant OK'd for housing center in Vista VISTA - Proponents of a new transitional housing center for North County's working poor received the final grant they needed yesterday to trigger millions of dollars in government aid and to begin construction in July. Supervisor Bill Horn announced that the county would give $150,000 to help North County Solutions for Change and Community HousingWorks build the center within a year. M ay 13, 2003 LOCAL A boon for low-income families: County's education effort yields more than $767,000 in tax refunds Donna Hansen lived in fear of the IRS because she didn't file her taxes the year her husband died. But this year, the county made a big push to educate the working poor about the Earned Income Tax Credit, so she filed. And got nearly $9,000 back. STATE Victory for housing advocates SACRAMENTO -- Granting a victory to housing advocates, a Sacramento Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, preventing the owner of College Gardens Apartments from converting 100 federally subsidized apartments to market rate, nearly doubling rents. Residents, housing advocates and city officials said the apartment owner violated state laws regulating how and when apartment owners notify residents of a possible rent increase. The laws are meant to give government officials and residents adequate time to seek a solution to the loss of affordable housing. Placing a home within reach Cathy Whatley, president of the National Association of Realtors, said the organization is finally getting serious about affordable housing. "We have made affordable housing a national priority," Whatley said at last week's housing summit sponsored by the Northern California Housing Coalition, League of California Cities and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. The lack of affordable housing is not new, but is finally being addressed, Whatley said to the group of more than 400 realty and community advocates. May 12, 2003 LOCAL San Diego to help developer build affordable units: Proposed site is in Barrio Logan The city of San Diego has agreed to help a private developer build 156 affordable housing units in Barrio Logan, a primarily Latino community that has been trying to rebound since freeway and bridge construction separated it from Logan Heights in the 1960s. The developer, San Diego-based Urban Innovations, plans to build the $26 million project over a three-year period, beginning with two buildings with a total of 45 rental units near Logan Avenue and Evans Street. Logan Avenue was a commercial hub for Logan Heights before the community was splintered by Interstate 5 and the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. The section west of the freeway took on the name Barrio Logan. STATE LA apartment owners agree to protect subsidized housing LOS ANGELES (AP) - A settlement between apartment owners and the city will enable hundreds of residents to stay in their federally subsidized apartment units. Fighting for affordable housing: Confrontational activist makes sure low-cost homes aren't forgotten . Grabill works as counsel to the Housing Advocacy Group, a coalition representing labor, religious faiths, farmworkers, seniors and the disabled. Cheaper homes may be mandated: Lower prices may mean more dense subdivisions ATASCADERO - A new affordable-housing policy proposed by the city could mean more lower-priced homes for residents but more tightly packed subdivisions that might draw the ire of neighbors. Subsidized housing may hurt developers: They could lose profits through specially priced homes, other fees ATASCADERO - With the city proposing a new policy that could require builders to mix subsidized homes into their new subdivisions, some developers have argued that buyers will only end up paying more. Zoning mixes homes, business: Codes aim to ease housing for workers SAN LUIS OBISPO - The city will put comprehensive new business rules in place soon, affecting both business owners and would-be homeowners. Schwab Foundation housing awards to ten Bay Area groups San Francisco (AP) - - The Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation has awarded $785,000 to ten San Francisco Bay area organizations to address the needs of homeless families. Deal Reached on Subsidized Housing Suit: Owners of six apartment buildings will remain in a federal program for low-income residents LOS ANGELES: Hundreds of Los Angeles residents who had faced the prospect of losing their federally subsidized apartment units will be allowed to remain in their homes under a settlement agreement reached between the city and the apartment owners. Helping People Off the Streets, Pairing Help With Housing Among the hundreds of well-intentioned bills now chasing increasingly scarce money up and down Sacramento's legislative corridors, at least one stands out for its ability to do good without doing the state in. May 11, 2003 LOCAL Panel recommends additional taxes for affordable housing In a move to nearly triple the city of San Diego's production of low-income housing, a citizens task force recommended yesterday that more than $100 million in new taxes be put before the voters. May 9, 2003 LOCAL Task force seeking expanded supply, ways to finance it When the San Diego City Council declared a housing emergency last summer, it left the job of tackling the crisis to a citizens task force, which is grappling with everything from renters rights to raising taxes to build low-cost housing. Task force sets time frame to build farm-worker shelter CARLSBAD - A task force established to build a temporary shelter for 150 farm workers who labor in the fields set a goal for itself yesterday of having a building in place one year from today. The task force, which met yesterday at the city's Faraday Center, comprises city and county officials and community volunteers and activists. Escondido-based Community Housing Works, a nonprofit developer, has been selected by the city to spearhead the proposal. STATE City joins affordable housing fight SACRAMENTO: Officials support the tenants in a suit over subsidized rental rates City of Sacramento joins suit to preserve federally subsidized apartments. 'Care Not Cash' thrown out THE RULING: Judge says counties, not voters, have power to determine welfare levels for poor Voters have no right to decide how much money should go to the poor, a San Francisco judge ruled Thursday in tossing out a homeless-aid reform measure approved in November. EDITORIAL: A homeless plan can't end now SAN FRANCISCO's Board of Supervisors is back on the spot on homeless policy. May 8, 2003 LOCAL San Diego Union-Tribune Tesoro has a neighborly feel: Affordable-housing project in Nestor wins praise from its residents . Dukes is grateful to have secured an apartment in Tesoro Grove, a 106-unit affordable-housing development in South San Diego that was built with an urban design and a community feel. STATE California's Housing Affordability Index falls to 28 percent in March, C.A.R. reports LOS ANGELES - The percentage of households in California able to afford a median-priced home was at 28 percent in March, down one point compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report released today by the California Association of REALTORSR (C.A.R.). The March Housing Affordability Index (HAI) decreased two percentage points from 30 percent in February 2003. The Sacramento Bee Move may buoy low-cost homes El Dorado County supervisors have agreed to a change in policy that they hope will encourage developers to build more affordable housing in the county. San Francisco Examiner Debate arises over affordable housing plan Another proposed policy would encourage developers to build housing at the maximum density allowed. May 7, 2003 LOCAL North County Times New plans unveiled for SB apartment complex SOLANA BEACH --- A San Diego real estate company has scaled back its plans for an apartment complex it wants to build in Solana Beach. Transitional housing plan rejected by commission EL CAJON - A proposal to transform the Fabulous 7 Motel into a transitional housing center took a drubbing Monday night from more than 100 opponents, who succeeded in getting the Planning Commission to reject the plan. Putting a roof over their heads: Carlsbad task force to discuss plans for temporary farm-worker shelter People served by the proposed shelter would have to have jobs, said task force member Patti Hamic-Christensen, Community Housing Works' director of resident services. STATE Racial/Ethnic Wage Inequalities Persist in California PPIC Report: Racial and Ethnic Wage Gaps in the California Labor Market NATIONAL National Housing Conference, Press Release 5/3/2003 New National Data Reveals Annual Salaries for Five Vital Community Occupations Fall Short of the $ 50,000 Necessary to Own a Home National Housing Conference Report: Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America, 2001 May 6, 2003 LOCAL County population grew 1.8 percent in 2002 If you think the lines are longer at the grocery store, you're probably right, especially if you live in San Marcos, Encinitas, Carlsbad, or Oceanside. New population estimates released by the state on Monday show those four North County cities grew faster in the last year than the statewide average Big push for more apartments in the county Riverside County: An apartment crunch in Riverside County spawned a staggering 303 percent rise in the number of building permits issued for the multifamily units year over year, as developers rapidly moved toward addressing the area's need for the rentals, industry representatives said Monday STATE The Sacramento Bee Column Dan Walters: Count on 600,000 more Californians a year, 6 million a decade California's population grew very rapidly in the years after World War II, driven by an industrial expansion that attracted millions of opportunity-seeking migr s from other states and an explosion of births Provide housing Opinion San Luis Obispo Tribune: Every time a large retailer, or any employer of a large number of employees, opens a new business in the county many more low-paying jobs are created. Thus, more low-income housing is needed to house people taking these low-paying jobs NATION Report says salary increases don't keep up with housing costs Wage increases aren't keeping up with rising housing costs, whether for low-income workers like janitors or middle-income teachers and police officers, according to a study Monday by an affordable housing coalition New York City rent board votes to hike rent on stabilized apartments Already stretched by a rise in subway fares and water rates, one million city residents in rent-stabilized apartments are worried about the possibility of the largest rent hike in 14 years Hope for housing Congress Should Establish National Trust to Help the Poorest Families Rent or Buy WHEN it comes to housing, the people who need help the most are often the first to fall through the cracks. It's true not just in Silicon Valley but across the country -- which is why, until recently, helping the poorest of the poor has been a federal responsibility May 5, 2003 STATE California Department of Finance - Demographic Research Unit Press Release California's Annual Population Growth Exceeds Half a Million for Fourth Year E-5 City/County Population Housing Estimates 2003 During the past year, California grew at a 1.7- percent rate, adding 591,000 people for the year, to total 35,591,000 on January 1, 2003. This is a slight reduction from the prior year, when the state added 633,000 people and grew 1.8 percent. For the third year, net migration accounts for over half (51 percent) of the state's growth. However, this is a smaller share than in the prior year (53 percent). New bills signal latest push for tough growth regulations SACRAMENTO (AP) - As new subdivisions continue to chew up vast swaths of farmland throughout California, a band of legislators is aggressively pushing bills aimed at curbing the state's legendary sprawl while creating more affordable housing. Ventura County Star The high cost of housing: homelessness: Children with no addresses up 400% . The cost of housing is likely one of the leading contributors to the problem. One-bedroom apartments alone rose an average of 45 percent in the past five years, from $710 to $1,036, according to data collected by Dyer Sheehan Group Inc. NATION Move to shift housing assistance to states faces growing resistance With between $1 billion and $2 billion worth of vouchers lost annually to fraud and mismanagement, administration officials argue Section 8 needs an overhaul. The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent more than $15 billion on Section 8 contract renewals and vouchers in fiscal year 2002. May 1, 2003 LOCAL San Diego Union-Tribune Poway cuts its landlord duties: City agrees to sell 2 mobile-home parks POWAY - A local nonprofit organization will soon buy two of the three mobile-home parks the city owns, relieving it of landlord duties some officials say it should never have assumed. North County Times Summeridge Apartments dedicated FALLBROOK -- The recently renovated Summeridge Apartments offer residents more than a roof over their heads. Because the 96-unit complex, at 818 E. Alvarado St., has been designated as affordable housing, meaning rents are based on income, residents have the chance to save money or spend it elsewhere. STATE The Claremont Institute Red and Blue: Housing Costs vs. Regulation Brackenbush envisioned building about 3,000 new homes and associated commercial infrastructure on 2,800 acres while permanently preserving over 10,000 acres of natural open space. Many environmentalists endorsed the plan, which became known as the Ahmanson Ranch. The Sacramento Bee Housing bill passes 2nd Assembly test Steinberg's plan would make local governments set aside more new construction for the poor. Grass Valley Union Affordable housing key: disparity Opinion It is difficult to understand the logic behind the opposition to the good planning principles labeled by some as "Smart Growth." San Francisco Chronicle S.F. eyeing blueprint for more housing: Board considers bigger buildings to ease shortage San Francisco Residential developers would be able to build taller and wider buildings in the Mission District, South of Market and along transit corridors and could be let out of requirements to provide parking as part of a plan to ease San Francisco's chronic housing shortage. New bills signal latest push for tough growth regulations SACRAMENTO - As new subdivisions continue to chew up vast swaths of farmland throughout California, a band of legislators is aggressively pushing bills aimed at curbing the state's legendary sprawl while creating more affordable housing. Housing project races against the calendar NEWPORT BEACH - A senior affordable housing project could cost up to $1 million more in workers' wages if last-minute environmental studies push the matter past a deadline to get on a Coastal Commission agenda in June. Southland must get past false dilemmas .A set of reports just released by the University of Southern California argue that this new reality requires a new agenda -- one that acknowledges that Los Angeles is a different kind of urban place and one that promotes unconventional urban solutions. NATIONAL National Low Income Housing Coalition, Press Release 4/29/2003 Administration's Voucher Proposal Would Harm Low Income Families A bill scheduled to be introduced in Congress tonight would radically restructure the Housing Choice Voucher program, a popular program that helps approximately 2 million families afford modest housing. Move to shift housing assistance to states faces growing resistance WASHINGTON - Lost amid the debates over President Bush's tax cut and his plan to revamp Medicare is an attempt to reshape the key program that provides housing assistance to the poor. Los Angeles Times Home Affordability at a 30-Year High U.S. housing affordability rose to the highest level in three decades during the first quarter, helped by a drop in mortgage rates, according to the National Assn. of Realtors. April 22, 2003 LOCAL City Council to review homeless-aid policies: 2 panels will help draw up new rules The San Diego City Council yesterday agreed to review its policies on shelter, housing and assistance for homeless people. The city manager's staff will form a Homeless Advisory Committee for the council and a Siting Guidelines Task Force to help the city draft new rules for agencies that want to establish homeless services facilities. Social workers struggle to find shelter for seniors ESCONDIDO ---- With his neatly shaved white goatee, his clear blue eyes and clean, tucked-in clothing, 79-year-old Anthony Ferro doesn't look like someone falling through the cracks. But he is, social workers said Monday. Ferro is homeless, and none of the skilled social workers at Interfaith Community Services and the Joslyn Senior Center has been able to fix that. While there are housing programs for people who are disabled, drug-addled or mentally ill, there aren't any long-term shelter programs for people who are simply old and poor, they say. North County apartment rates up 2.8 percent Apartment rents in North San Diego County continued to climb in the first three months of the year, when compared with the same period a year earlier, mainly because of steady demand from a growing population base, industry data showed Monday. Build affordable housing -- or else HAYWARD -- Housing developers will either have to build more units affordable to low income families, or else pay a fee under a proposed new law being debated by the City Council. National Low Income Housing Coalition - CALL TO ACTION Legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would create a National Housing Trust Fund. The Bill, HR 1102, currently has 187 co-sponsors but needs many more to guarantee its passage. April 21, 2003 STATE Demand at Big Apartment Complexes Dips: Southland market is strong compared with other regions . San Diego County rents are up Landlords of Southern California's larger apartment complexes struggled to raise rents and fill vacancies during the first quarter as a weak economy undermined demand for rental housing, according to a real estate report released today. NATIONAL Homelessness and Planning The American Planning Association has adopted a policy guide on how planners can play a significant role in reducing homelessness. April 20, 2003 LOCAL Recent converts Condo conversions change the face of area housing market Enterprising apartment brokers and developers are tapping into a housing trend they are convinced will not only reap profits for themselves but will be the salvation for aspiring homeowners who long ago despaired of ever buying a piece of the American dream in San Diego County. Some cities embrace, others reject conversion process Not all cities in the county are alike when it comes to the hospitality they extend to condominium conversion projects. In fact, some are downright inhospitable. April 17, 2003 NATION The Community Development Trust and Fannie Mae Announce $100 Million Investment in Small Multifamily Housing NEW YORK, NY -- The Community Development Trust (CDT), the nation's first real estate investment trust (REIT) created solely for the purpose of acquiring community development assets, and Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nation's largest source of financing for home mortgages and multifamily housing, today announced a $100 million multifamily housing initiative to finance small, highly affordable properties in major markets around the country. April 16, 2003 LOCAL North County Times Senior housing up before planners The ordinance will also include a change to comply with a new state law which requires that for a multi-family housing development to be designated for seniors age 55 and above, it must have a minimum of 35 units. NATIONAL PRESIDENT BUSH, ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT, SECRETARY MARTINEZ COMMEMORATE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF FAIR HOUSING ACT The Fair Housing Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, prohibits discrimination in the financing, rental or sale of any dwelling based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Amendments to the Act in 1988 extended its coverage to prohibit discrimination based on disability or familial status. The Oregonian Nonprofit nurtures ways to wire low-income areas Rey Ramsey wants to connect low-income neighborhoods to the Internet, and he has the money to do it. April 15, 2003 STATE S.F. plan to rejigger rent control Supervisor Gonzalez's proposal beefs up protections for tenants At the urging of tenant activists, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez has proposed a package of changes to the city's rent control law that would expand the rights of tenants. San Francisco Examiner Fury over rent law changes A group of small-property owners are threatening to leave their apartments vacant if the Board of Supervisors passes a series of rent ordinance amendments proposed by board President Matt Gonzalez. April 14, 2003 LOCAL New-home prices soar to record highs The average price of new detached homes has doubled over the last five years in San Diego County, North County and Southwest Riverside County, says Russ Valone, president of MarketPoint Realty Advisors. Time runs out on shelter Homeless uprooted from cabins at Green Oak Ranch VISTA - Donna Morris didn't want to dwell on the political winds whipping around the seasonal homeless shelter yesterday as her family became one of the last to leave behind the comfort and security of Green Oak Ranch. San Marcos council OKs 2 large residential projects Two large residential projects that could add 375 single-family homes and 88 apartments to this fast-growing city have been approved by the City Council. STATE Bill proposes 20-year growth boundaries and cheaper housing The legislation, sponsored by the Sierra Club and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, would make cities approve thousands more homes for residents locked out of an escalating real estate market and would limit sprawl. New construction law aims to slow, weed out lawsuits California has a new law designed as a compromise between disgruntled new homeowners, homeowner associations, lawsuit-wary builders and insurers overloaded with risk. The Uncertain Life: Migrant workers face hunger and dwindling funds as they seek jobs Triquis are moving across the continent, Garcia said, in groups of 10 or 15. He said there are populations of Triquis all over the United States, including in Oregon, New York and Atlanta. But the highest concentration, he said, was in California. Planned apartment construction drops The number of apartment units under development in California has dropped by about 15 percent since the first quarter of 2002, according to the real estate information service RealFacts. NATION Governments raising fees, sparing taxes: Poor, working class bear burden New York Faced with the worst fiscal crisis in a generation, city and state officials across the nation are raising hundreds of fees rather than hiking taxes, a tactic that places a disproportionate burden on poor and working- class Americans. State takes charge of second units New state legislation forbids cities to require a conditional use permit for second residential units and eliminates the age limits on what used to be called "granny flats." Rewired plan bridges Web gap between rich, poor Logging on can be accomplished free of charge BOSTON - The technician sat by the apartment window with a laptop on his knees, configuring the computer to pick up the Internet signal from a rooftop antenna a half a block away. "How's the signal?" asked the apartment's resident, Nakia Keizer, watching from a sofa. "Not bad," said Kevin Bowen, the technician. Not bad at all, considering this wireless "hotspot" was intended not for cafe-hoppers and Internet surfers with money to burn but for urban poor who only a few years before had been fighting roof leaks and overflowing sewers. April 9, 2003 LOCAL North County Times Transitional housing plan for homeless approved VISTA -- A proposed $5.5 million transitional housing complex for homeless families cleared its last governmental hurdle Tuesday with the City Council's unanimous approval of the project's development plan. NATIONAL National Association of Home Builders Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2003 Would Ease Shortage of Skilled Workers The nation's home builders today expressed support for H.R. 1660, "The Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2003," noting that it would help to alleviate the severe shortage of skilled workers in construction, crafts and trades. April 7, 2003 LOCAL North County Times Transitional housing project faces public hearing VISTA -- Sewer service fee hikes, a homeless housing project, community revitalization grants and a highly debated intersection are among the issues scheduled before the City Council on Tuesday. STATE Chico ER Neighbors, professionals work together on a development General manager John Anderson said the collaboration of residents and planners was received well. Contra Costa Times Neighbors react to regional plan As Shaping Our Future hits close to home, Contra Costa residents Shaping Our Future redirects growth from the urban edge and into existing cities and along transit lines. It seeks to bring jobs, housing and shops closer together, which planners say will ease road congestion and preserve open spaces. Santa Cruz Sentinel Judge rules housing suit can proceed A suit can go forward between Santa Cruz County and the regional planning group that would have the county prepare for the construction of thousands of housing units by 2007. Housing funds get left on the table: Efforts to aid buyers stall as home prices outpace program limits. The dramatic rise in housing prices last year has some rolling in equity and others getting rich quick, while a growing segment of the population is being priced out of the house hunt despite interest rates below 6%. As a result of the high cost of housing, many local homeownership programs are at a standstill, report administrators of city, county and nonprofit agencies. April 4, 2003 STATE Senator targets fees on growth: Assessments could not be used as general revenue Home builders believe cities such as Elk Grove are getting too creative in how they raise money from new development. And they're asking the state Legislature to do something about it. NATIONAL States might take over housing voucher program White House says taking Section 8 out of federal hands would make it more efficient WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration wants to give states control of federal vou-chers that help nearly 2 million families pay the rent, a major shake-up for one of the government's largest housing programs. National Low Income Housing Coalition / LIHIS Housing and Other Low Income Programs at Risk! The House and Senate are heading to conference this week on their budget resolutions, the legislation that gives broad guidelines for spending levels and tax cuts. Staff members are already meeting. For domestic discretionary spending that is not related to defense, the House budget would cut $15.4 billion next year (and $244 billion over 10 years). That means that housing programs would likely face big cuts. April 3, 2003 LOCAL Proposal for center has some neighbors worried: Residents, businesses concerned about safety EL CAJON - Some residents worry that a transitional-housing center in their neighborhood would compromise the safety of their children and the serenity of their tree-lined streets. Some business owners worry that an influx of homeless people will drive away customers. Inland Empire home permits up 75% over year ago New home construction in the Inland Empire continued its blistering pace in January and February with the number of building permits issued for single-family dwellings climbing more than 75 percent over the same period a year ago, industry data shows. NATIONAL U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES NEW HUD PARTNERSHIP WITH REAL ESTATE GROUPS TO HELP ELIMINATE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION "Today we are joining forces with the real estate industry to build on our shared commitment to enforcing the fair housing laws and educating individuals of their rights," said Martinez. April 2, 2003 STATE Oakland ponders housing plan: Affordable units would be built for city's police officers and teachers The city is looking to work with a developer to build at least 250 apartments and homes for teachers, police officers or other public employees. Many say they would walk more if streets were less dangerous: Pedestrian-friendly communities urged Most Americans wish they could walk more for exercise and to do errands, but they feel unsafe and frustrated by street and community designs that favor automobiles over people, according to a national survey conducted for a transportation coalition. NATION U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development MARTINEZ KICKS - OFF FAIR HOUSING MONTH; MARKS 35th ANNIVERSARY OF FAIR HOUSING ACT WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez today marked the beginning of Fair Housing Month and the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act by urging all Americans to advance fair housing opportunities across the nation. April 1, 2003 LOCAL Habitat for Humanity seeks families for Escondido homes ESCONDIDO ---- San Diego Habitat for Humanity will once again help low- and moderate-income families achieve the American dream of home ownership. An informational meeting was held Monday at Escondido City Hall to discuss the nonprofit agency's newest project, 12 town homes located at 620 N. Hickory Street. According to Jana Pedemonte, director of family services, construction on the homes begins this summer and is expected to be finished by summer 2004. The town homes include eight three-bedroom, 1,250-square-foot homes and four four-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot homes. Family emerges from homelessness NCTimes.net ...Then, on July 5, 2002, North County Solutions for Change accepted Mirna and her three boys ---- Joseph and his brothers Daniel, now 15, and Jonathan, now 4 ---- to stay at its transitional shelter in downtown Vista. But Michael was... Transitional shelter may surprise people, advocate says NCTimes.net ...In Vista, North County Solutions for Change opened a six-month transitional shelter for homeless families near the downtown area in December of 2000. Since its opening, the shelter ---- with a capacity of 50 people ---- has produced... NATIONAL Martinez leaves federal homelessness post: Rededicates Bush Administration to ending chronic homelessness in 10 years "No longer will we settle for the old approach of merely managing and accommodating homelessness," Martinez said. "Instead, we will press ahead in developing and implementing innovative new strategies to eliminate chronic homelessness from the streets of America once and for all." Back to top Copyright 2003 San Diego Housing Federation
Clifton Williams - Chief of Staff Clifton has served in several policy roles in the city of San Diego. He has been committee consultant to both the City's Natural Resources and Culture Committee and Land Use and Housing Committee, under former Councilman Juan Vargas. In these positions, Clif was responsible for policy analysis on water, infrastructure, housing and growth issues. Clif received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he double majored in Political Science and Theater and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Clif serves as Chief of Staff for Councilman Peters. Email Clifton at CBWilliams@sandiego.gov Christina Cameron - Committee Consultant, Land Use Housing Committee Christina has more than 15 years’ experience in San Diego city government, having served on the staff of Mayor Maureen O'Connor, as community representative to Carmel Valley on the District One staff, and as Chief of Staff to former Councilmember Harry Mathis and to Councilman Scott Peters. Chris was also the Director of Public Relations for the San Diego Historical Society. She graduated from the University of California at San Diego, Revelle College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. Chris now serves as the Committee Consultant for the Land Use and Housing Committee and handles major land use and transportation issues for Councilman Peters. Email Christina at CMCameron@sandiego.gov Michelle Strauss - Policy Analyst Michelle serves as the legislative analyst for Council District One. She is responsible for analysis and preparation of items on the City Council docket as well as several major policy areas. From 2001 until 2004, Michelle was the District One council representative for University City. Before joining Councilman Peters' staff, Michelle was Public Relations Manager for the San Diego County Apartment Association. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona. Email Michelle at MStrauss@sandiego.gov Tyler Sherer Community Representative Tyler Sherer represents Councilman Peters in the Communities of Rancho Penasquitos, Torrey Highlands and Del Mar Mesa. He has extensive experience in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a legislative assistant for two Members of Congress, Jerry Moran and Jan Meyers of Kansas. He later served as an account manager for Data Tree, LLC., a computer software and data management company based in San Diego. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and German from the University of Kansas. E-mail Tyler at Tsherer@sandiego.gov Betsy Brennan Community Representative Betsy represents Councilman Peters in the the community of La Jolla. A native of Upstate New York, Betsy now calls Carmel Valley home. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Richmond in Virginia and a J.D. from the University of San Diego. Betsy worked for two years as a Legislative Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Commerce in Washington, D.C. Her duties included research and policy development related to utilities. Betsy also interned for the Utility Consumers’ Action Network during law school. Betsy also advises Councilmember Peters on utilities, water policy, coastal infrastructure and arts and culture issues. E-mail Betsy at Bbrennan@sandiego.gov Rich Geisler Community Representative Rich is a recent graduate of the University of San Diego Law School, where he served as a summer law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice. He received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Northern Arizona University, and worked in Phoenix for three years as a Maricopa County Air Quality and Environmental Health Specialist. His work there consisted of on-site compliance inspections, community outreach and development of air quality rules and regulations. During law school Rich served as an intern in Council District 1 and the City of San Diego’s Community and Economic Development Department. Rich represents Councilman Peters in the communities of Carmel Valley, Torrey Hills, and Torrey Pines. E-mail Rich at Rgeisler@sandiego.gov Madeleine Lee Council Representative Madeleine Lee comes to Council District One from the San Diego Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Madeleine served as Chair on NAMI San Diego’s Walk for Wellness – Strides for Mental Health. A native New Yorker, Madeleine now calls San Diego home. She graduated with a BS in Advertising, Marketing and Community Relations from Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts. Before moving to San Diego, Madeleine worked in advertising as a Marketing Advisor at Forte Croston, Inc., in Boston. Madeleine currently serves on San Diego’s PRSA Bernays Awards committee and is still actively involved with NAMI San Diego. Madeleine represents Councilman Peters in the community of University City. E-mail Madeleine at: mlee@sandiego.gov Woo-Jin Shim Council Representative Woo-Jin Shim serves as Councilman Peters' constituent service specialist and liaison to the Asian American Community. Woo-Jin graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he was a member of the men's lacrosse team and interned with the UC Office of the President, Cal Athletic Department, Councilman Kriss Worthington, and the Oakland Raiders. After college Woo-Jin served as an intern for Congresswoman Susan Davis and Council District One. In his spare time Woo-Jin volunteers as a part time facilitator / youth counselor for the Aaron Price Fellows Program. E-mail Woo-Jin at: wshim@sandiego.gov Tracy Cambre Executive Assistant Tracy joins District One with six years of marketing experience in the private sector, working within the legal, health, entertainment, and organizational development industries. Tracy was raised on Oahu and moved to San Diego in 1982 to attend the University of San Diego, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English. She serves as a Community Relations representative for District One. She is also serves as Councilman Peters scheduler and office manager. 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Everything new in this apartment. , Air Conditioning, Balcony/patio, Cable Ready, Covered Parking, Dishwasher, Extra Storage, Garbage Disposal, Pantry, Refrigerator, Additional Property Detail San Diego CA 92124 $1265/mo $400 deposit 2 Bedroom 2 Bath 900 sq ft Apartment Complex in San Diego REAL-TIME AVAILABILITIES Balcony/patio, Cable Ready, Carpeted Floors, Ceiling Fan, Covered Parking, Dishwasher, Extra Storage, Garbage Disposal, Gas Fireplace, Mini Blinds, Pantry, Refrigerator, Vertical Blinds, View Additional Property Detail San Diego CA 92124 $1265/mo $400 deposit 2 Bedroom 2 Bath 900 sq ft Apartment Complex in San Diego REAL-TIME AVAILABILITIES Balcony/patio, Cable Ready, Carpeted Floors, Ceiling Fan, Covered Parking, Dishwasher, Extra Storage, Garbage Disposal, Gas Fireplace, Mini Blinds, Pantry, Refrigerator, Vertical Blinds, View Additional Property Detail San Diego CA 92124 $1265/mo $400 deposit 2 Bedroom 2 Bath 900 sq ft Apartment Complex in San Diego REAL-TIME AVAILABILITIES Balcony/patio, Cable Ready, Carpeted Floors, Ceiling Fan, Covered Parking, Dishwasher, Extra Storage, Garbage Disposal, Gas Fireplace, Mini Blinds, Pantry, Refrigerator, Vertical Blinds, View Additional Property Detail There are 70 listings, out of a total of 18684 1 2 3 Join | Search | Testimonials | About Us | Live Help | Compare Us | FAQ | Contact Us | Home Terms of Use | Privacy Copyright 2001-2004 apartmenthunterz.com. 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BridgeHousing.com -- Articles -- The Truth About Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Residents Win Statewide Competition San Francisco, CA, June 11, 2003 -- Today, residents of affordable housing from across the state will receive educational grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 each at a special ceremony held in San Francisco. The Stein Educational Assistance Program awards, offered each year by BRIDGE Housing Corporation, an affordable housing developer, are targeted specifically for the nonprofit's low and very low income residents. The grant winners can use their awards to pay for tuition as well as for other critical school-related expenses, such as childcare, transportation, and books and supplies. The eleven recipients are originally from four different countries. They are African American, Latino, Caucasian, and Asian Pacific/Islander and come from Mexico, Ethiopia and Russia as well as the United States. Their courses of study include nursing, teaching, law and business. They range in age from 17-year old Amy Alfaro of Carlsbad, who will attend college for a degree in biology this fall, to Leonids Markusins of San Francisco, a 40-year old immigrant from Russia, who will complete his certification as a global logistics specialist. Residents from BRIDGE affordable housing developments across the state applied for the awards. Each applicant provided letters of recommendation, a financial plan, and essays describing their career goals and personal life stories. Gwendolyn Love, 19, graduated from McClymonds High School in West Oakland last year and is pursuing a nursing degree at Merritt Community College. A resident at BRIDGE's Acorn Town Center and Courtyards Apartments who received a Stein award of $4,800, Gwendolyn's tremendous drive reflects the determination of all of the Stein Program recipients. "I feel that if you want education you have to go out in the real world, gain it and lock it in your memory, because no one can just walk up and give it to you." The Stein Educational Assistance Program was made possible with an initial donation of $100,000 from Alan and Ruth Stein of San Francisco in the fall of 2000. The awards fund has since raised a total of more than $720,000, through the support of individual donors and local foundations. San Francisco-based BRIDGE is California's largest nonprofit developer of affordable housing, having developed more than 10,000 apartments, condominiums, and single family homes statewide. On Wednesday, June 11th, 2003 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, the 2003 Stein Program awards luncheon will take place at the Palm Room/SF Film Arts Centre in the Presidio in San Francisco. The event is sponsored by Citibank and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The eleven recipients, along with family members, BRIDGE Housing staff, and donors to the Stein Educational Assistance Program will attend. IN THE WORDS OF A FEW OF THE RECIPIENTS: Michelle Bryant, 28, a teacher's aide who lives in BRIDGE's Torrey Del Mar Apartments in San Diego, is seeking an M.A. in education and her teaching credential. She received the Stein Program's maximum award of $5,000 to pursue her goal of becoming an elementary school teacher. "I consider teaching the greatest career," Michelle wrote in her application, "because being with children and enlightening them is too much fun to be considered a job. No other career can top the sensations felt as an eight-year-old smiles up at you and says, 'I finally get it.'" Amy Alfaro, 17, graduates from high school this month. She will attend St. Mary's College in the fall, where she will be studying for a B.S. in biology. Her long-term plans are to become either a pediatrician or a marine biologist. She lives with her family at BRIDGE's Poinsettia Station Apartments in Carlsbad. "I have experienced first hand the difficulties that arise for minorities and low-income families, which is why I want to change my future and not have it set out by others." Kimberley Reed, 31, is a secretary in the coronary care unit at Stanford University Medical Center. She has returned to school with the goal of becoming a nurse. Kimberley attends Evergreen Valley College and will complete her nursing degree next year. She lives at BRIDGE's Almaden Lake Apartments in San Jose. "About 6 years ago, I made a bold choice to go back to school. I had been out for about 7 years and knew the transition back would not be easy. I was raised 1 of 8 children and did not have the opportunity to go to college right out of high school. Instead I chose to work and have been on my job at Stanford Hospital for the last 12 years." Back to Top Contents Copyright BRIDGE Housing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Refer to Terms and Conditions for detailed information regarding site contents and its use. BRIDGE Housing Corporation is located at: 345 Spear Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone (415) 989-1111 | Fax (415) 495-4898 Email info@bridgehousing.com
