*Parody, not to be taken seriously

City Council is heading to a final vote of Smart Streetlight and Automatic License Plate Reader technology. bit.ly/NoSpyStreetlig…

“But existing land values would skyrocket, instantly incentivizing the demolition of existing affordable housing and increasing rents, turbocharging the cycle of displacement and homelessness.”

It’s no secret that rent is high in San Diego, but some say a rent subsidy program designed for low-income families is allowing landlords to violate rent increase laws and dry up funds that help keep the program running. on.nbc7.com/Fg9t487

BREAKING: SD lawyer Genevieve Jones-Wright Geneviéve Jones-Wright, Esq., LL.M. pulls nomination papers to run for San Diego Mayor against San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. GJW serves on SD’s Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention, reviews cases for CA Innocence Project.

Jeff Bezos Donates $120 Million to Fight Homelessness, Then Invests $500 Million to Make It Worse commondreams.org/news/jeff-bezo…

If you’re looking for ways to support organizations assisting homeless people- or want to help a few of the 1000s of people sleeping outdoors in San Diego this winter-consider donating a few sleeping bags. These prices are available today only- Monday Dec 4 at Big 5 sporting

LOL! Read the YIMBY replies defending this facility, while also saying they support “equity” and “highest and best use” and that we “are in the middle of a housing crisis.” Just apex incoherence. But then it does privatize public benefit, which is what really matters most to them

Opinion: Off-site affordable housing plan will enforce segregation. Why is the mayor promoting it? dlvr.it/SzlsnB [Opinion]

Ironically, and this is devastating to their position, mass surveillance thus crushes the very social movements fighting the inequality that causes us to have such a violent society.

Apparently, it’s illegal to build this kind of housing here

"If a developer can evict tenants, or quietly and secretly buy them out, and pretend that a housing unit was never under rent control and apply to demolish it and build condos, using the state density bonus law, there’s no way now for the Planning Department to know."

Rent hikes aren't just forcing people into homelessness. They can also be a death sentence.

Amazing how every excuse used to defend developers reads exactly like those made by domestic abusers: "It's your fault I hurt you. You don't give me what I want!"

Our Christmas present to you: a long-lost Eugene V. Debs article on the famed 1914 Christmas truce, in which German and British soldiers dropped their weapons for a day and played football together — displaying humanity in the face of barbarity. jacobin.com/2022/12/eugene…

Harvey Milk sued SF for a sit/lie policy that Scott brought back to criminalize homeless people, including homeless queer youth. Their values and politics are in stark contrast.

“We hope with this judgment that things will change from Kern County,” said Dolores Huerta, a  United Farm Workers co-founder.... We know that with the denial we had a big setback. We could have saved lives.”

"It is our fundamental right to choose our representatives — not the other way around."