Mayor’s Budget Revision Bolsters Funding for Parks, Housing, Public Safety & Mobility Upgrades

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Today Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer announced more funding for parks, mobility upgrades, scooter enforcement, brush management and housing incentives as part of more than $6.7 million in additions to the Fiscal Year 2020 General Fund Proposed Budget. In…

City Council Supermajority Adopts Mayor’s FY2020 Budget to Deliver Largest Infrastructure Investment in City History

Monday, June 10, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Today Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer won support from a City Council supermajority for his Fiscal Year 2020 Proposed Budget to fund the largest infrastructure investment in City history for the second year in a row while prioritizing funding for…

Mayor’s Latest ‘Housing SD’ Reform Wins City Council Approval

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Yesterday the City Council unanimously adopted a measure aimed at providing incentives for builders that provide housing for low- and moderate-income residents as part of Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” plan . The Moderate Income Housing…

Mayor’s Latest “Housing SD” Reform Receives Unanimous Council Approval

Monday, August 12, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer won unanimous City Council approval last week for the latest “ Housing SD ” reform aimed at removing the barriers to building more permanent supportive and transitional housing. The City Council adopted a series of…

Mayor Faulconer Joins Push for More State Funding for Affordable Housing

Friday, August 23, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE   San Diego – Following unanimous City Council approval of several of the Mayor's "Housing SD" reforms this summer to make living in San Diego more affordable, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today joined state Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, to endorse the Affordable…

Mayor Faulconer’s ‘Housing SD’ Plan Moves Forward with Strategies to Increase Supply & Boost Affordability

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – To address the lack of affordable housing for many San Diegans, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was joined today by City Councilmembers Georgette Gomez and Scott Sherman and housing advocates to call for the City Council to adopt additional…

City Council Approves Mayor’s ‘Housing SD’ Strategies to Increase Housing Supply & Boost Affordability

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – To address the statewide housing crisis at the local level, the City Council today adopted two additional strategies as part of Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” plan to help increase housing supply, lower development costs and promote smart…

City Council Waives Fees to Accelerate Construction of Granny Flats

Monday, April 30, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – With the goal of increasing San Diego’s housing supply for low- and middle-income San Diegans, the City Council today adopted an additional strategy that supports Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer’s “Housing SD” plan and makes it easier and more affordable…

City Council Approves Another of Mayor’s ‘Housing SD’ Reforms by Increasing Use of Live/Work Spaces

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – Continuing the push to increase housing supply so there are more homes and apartments that San Diegans can afford, the City Council today adopted another of Mayor Faulconer’s  “Housing SD”  strategies. Modifications to “Live/Work Quarter”…

Mayor Faulconer Proposes New Parking Requirements to Lower Housing Costs, Spur Development Near Transit

Friday, November 9, 2018 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – As part of his push to lower housing costs and spur construction of new units, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today released a proposal that would eliminate parking space requirements for multifamily housing developments near transit hubs as the…