Housing ends homelessness, which is why I’m working hard to clear barriers and incentivize the creation of new homes for San Diegans of all income levels.
From the Mayor's Desk
Brian Black cycled in and out of hospitals and homelessness for 7 years before one Sunday morning March 1988 when voices in his head told him to jump off the Coronado Bridge.
Miraculously, he survived. The traumatic incident led Brian and his family to finally diagnose the mental health...
One of the major challenges the City of San Diego faces in its continued efforts to address homelessness stems from various...
City crews are hard at work preparing a piece of City property called the “O” Lot, which will open this fall as a new Safe Sleeping site for hundreds of people.
Located in the Balboa Park area, adjacent to the Naval Medical Center San Diego, the O Lot was previously used as an overflow...
Last week, I gave you a broad overview of the improvements happening at the City’s Public Utilities Department. This week, I wanted to pull out some of the success stories we’ve seen...
In 2019, a state law decriminalized sidewalk vending and mandated that cities develop a regulatory program that allows micro-entrepreneurs to operate.
The City of San Diego’s sidewalk vending regulations, passed last year, allow vendors to do business but also seeks to protect our local...
Our effort to remake and revitalize our Civic Center core in Downtown continues to move forward as we entered exclusive negotiations with a developer seeking to convert the office building at 101 Ash St. into nearly 400 affordable homes.
This 90-day negotiation period will allow us to...
The state has awarded $45 million to San Diego to support the creation of more than 1,180 affordable homes through the state’s...
When I was a city councilmember, I coined the term “sexy streets” as a counter to the notion that road repair isn’t “exciting.” Call me a nerd, but I think smoothly paved streets are pretty alluring!
I launched my...