Needed: more housing choices for all San Diegans
On Thursday, the San Diego Union Tribune published an OP-ED
piece by Ken Sauder, President of the San Diego Housing Federation and CEO of
Wakeland Housing Development. The article focused on the need for a broader
choice of housing for working families and called Proposition 1C to the
public's attention. Click here to view the piece.
Support for Emergency Housing Assistance Program
Needed
Governor
Schwarzenegger’s proposed state budget did not include enough money to
maintain the Emergency Housing Assistance Program at the current year's level:
he's proposed a 22% cut, from $4 million to $3.14 million. However, the
Legislature restored the funds in their budget, which is on its way to the
Governor’s desk. Please go to: http://www.govmail.ca.gov/ and let the Governor know how you feel about the need for this
vital source of emergency shelter operating grant funds.
BIA vs. City of San Diego Inclusionary Suit
The San
Diego City Council will consider a settlement agreement of the BIA's
inclusionary suit in Closed Session on Tuesday. Public testimony will be
taken on Monday at the 2:00 PM City Council Meeting. The settlement appears to
be the same settlement approved by the Council with addition of a 2 year
tolling agreement that preserves the BIA's right to reinstate the lawsuit if
the Council makes any significant changes to the ordinance during that
time.
Federation Board Supports More Legislation
The Board of
Directors met on Wednesday and voted to give conditional support to two pieces
state bills. The first is SB 1800 (Ducheny) which amends
housing element law to require local governments to adopt housing opportunity
plans that identity and zone sufficient sites to meet the 10 year projections
of the need for very low, low and moderate income housing for the locality. It
also establishes a method to reimburse local governments for the costs of
developing the plans. The board supports the goals of the plan but only
if the author work with Housing California to make sure that it meets the
needs of affordable housing developers. The bill did not pass the Senate,
but may be resurrected in the Assembly by taking a bill that has passed the
Senate and deleting the contents of the bill and amending it with the language
from SB 1800.
The Board
also conditionally supported AB 2723 (Pavley) creating the
Low-Income Housing and Nonprofit Building Program to expand cost-saving, solar
energy benefits to affordable housing. The support is conditioned on changing
the financing from loans to grants and rebates. The savings of these programs
are insufficient to support debt service. AB 2723 passed the
Senate Committee this past week.
Calendar
National Council of State Housing
Agencies
Housing Credit Conference &
Marketplace
June 27-30, 2006
Sheraton San Diego Hotel &
Marina
San Diego, CA
For more information click here
Jobs Listed This
Week
Supportive Housing and Facilities
Coordinator
Community Research
Foundation
San Diego, CA
Director of Development &
Marketing
Community HousingWorks
San Diego, CA
Click Here to view
more job listings
Celebrating 15
Years of Support and Advocacy for Affordable Housing
(c) 2006 San Diego Housing Federation, 450 B Street, Suite 1010, San
Diego, CA 92101 (619) 239-6693
Website: http://www.housingsandiego.org
Email: sdhfstaf@housingsandiego.org 
