San Diego vacancy tax fight is heating up. Who’s raising the money?
A California trade group has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight San Diego’s proposed tax on non-primary homes.
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Why San Diego’s ex-chief race and equity officer is back at City Hall
Kim Desmond is now assessing budget decisions, this time as a division director in San Diego’s Office of the Independent Budget Analyst.
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San Diego County transit fares could rise 40% by fall if MTS, NCTD approve hikes this week
Plans to increase rider fares up to 40% go before boards of the Metropolitan Transit System and the North County Transit District on Thursday.
As San Diegans consider empty homes tax, opponents point to a San Francisco court loss
Opponents of San Diego’s proposal worry that, if approved, the tax would open the city up to legal trouble, costing residents far more than it helps.
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