Lisa Halverstadt

California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block after Supreme Court ruling Many California cities require developers to build affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units. A new lawsuit contends those fees are unconstitutional.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme court made it harder for cities to stick new developments with impact fees.

Are "inclusionary zoning" rules — one of the most common local affordable housing policies in the US — next?

A new lawsuit is testing that theory:

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ICYMI. 👀👇

Abruptly Retired County Lawyer to Get Big Payout Now-former county counsel Claudia Silva signed a deal last week calling for her to receive at least a $535,000 payout and health benefits for 18 months.

Scoop: The ex-San Diego County counsel who abruptly retired last week is set to get a big payout.

San Diego County cancels naloxone contract. The DA’s now investigating. Vending machines carrying the overdose-reversing substance, often known as Narcan, are already being pulled from jails.

San Diego County cancels naloxone contract. The DA’s now investigating.

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Fear of retaliation from landlords has created what advocates describe as a chilling effect on immigrant renters, which they say “substantially undercuts” California’s strong tenant protection laws. cal.news/4lWdwCG

📷: J.W. Hendricks

A Crisis Team Responding to a Suicide Attempt Asked for Help, El Cajon Police Refused A June incident where El Cajon police repeatedly declined to help a civilian crisis response team emphasizes the challenges tied to the department’s decision to stop responding to some crisis calls.

A mental health crisis team asked for backup from the El Cajon police when a suicide attempt turned violent, but the cops refused.

Experts say it was the wrong move.
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‘Shocking in the height of negligence’: Judge blasts San Diego County for deleting video footage from 2022 jail death As a sanction for the missing footage, she will allow jurors in the lawsuit to draw an ‘adverse inference’ — that is, to assume the missing footage would have been unfavorable to the co…

Via @kellylynndavis.bsky.social: "A federal magistrate judge has found that @sandiegocounty.bsky.social failed to preserve potentially critical surveillance footage related to the 2022 in-custody death."

San Diego County property owners can set rents a bit higher The California Tenant Protection Act, passed in 2019, set a limit on how much landlords can raise the rent in a 12-month period.

The cap on rent increases is going up in San Diego County. Here’s what tenants can expect. From investigative reporter Cody Dulaney. inewsource.org/2025/07/28/s...

SDPD writes up 189 oversize-vehicles citations, 519 parking tickets in July The ordinance forbids people from parking RVs or non-motorized trailers 20 feet long or 7 feet high on city streets between 2-6 a.m.

Via @nbcsandiego.com: "Between July 2-25, SDPD has issued 189 oversize-vehicle citations and 519 parking tickets."

Also: "It’s rare for Trump and Newsom, typically adversaries, to see eye to eye on anything. But when the president signed an executive order this week pushing cities and states to use law enforcement to get unhoused people off the streets, some of it read like déjà vu to Californians."

How CARE Court is playing out in San Diego County. 👇

What do you think about this? What questions do you think I should be following up on?

A Crisis Team Responding to a Suicide Attempt Asked for Help, El Cajon Police Refused A June incident where El Cajon police repeatedly declined to help a civilian crisis response team emphasizes the challenges tied to the department’s decision to stop responding to some crisis calls.

A June incident where police refused to respond that underscores the complex nature of these calls and the risks for all involved whether or not police respond - and thus the stakes of the department's decision driven by liability concerns.

Fearing Lawsuits, El Cajon Police Stopped Responding to Some Mental Health Calls The decision means county mental health teams sometimes also can’t respond to crisis calls involving a threat to a single person or lack police support when they do.

🧵 I've been hustling the past several days looking into the El Cajon Police Department's move to stop automatically responding to some mental health crisis calls and the impact that decision is having.

San Diego leaders react to Trump's order calling for mental, addiction treatment of homeless While the executive order offers greater federal funding for states and cities combating homelessness, it doesn’t mention specific amounts or where those resources will come from.

Via @nbcsandiego.com: What San Diego leaders are saying about President Donald Trump's executive order on homelessness, mental health and addiction.

Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people Trump executive order would increase hospitalization of homeless individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. The order said shifting homeless people into long-term institutional settin...

President Trump wants to make it easier to forcibly hospitalize people experiencing homelessness for longer periods of time.

The executive order says shifting those with mental illness and addiction into long-term institutions will restore public order.

My latest with awesome @voiceofsandiego.org intern Tessa Balc: A few months ago, El Cajon police quietly stopped responding to some mental health crisis calls.

NEWS >> New local data from RTFH shows 1,037 people fell into homelessness for the first time in June and 1,240 people exited the system for housing.

“The strategies and tactics our community and elected leaders have prioritized and targeted are working,” RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler said.

State Unlocks New Territory for San Diego’s Encampment Crackdown The city of San Diego has reached an agreement with the state that would allow city workers to clear homeless encampments on state land.

Via Mariana Martínez Barba: San Diego now has a deal with
Caltrans allowing city workers to clear homeless camps on state land.

‘My Heart is Here.’ Aguirre Arrives at County Amid High Hopes, Wariness Incoming San Diego County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre says her entire life, from waiting on tourists at a Mexican hotel to lobbying leaders in Washington, D.C., has prepared her for her new job. Support...

Good profile by my colleague Jim Hinch on San Diego County's new South Bay supervisor, Paloma Aguirre. She was just sworn in, ushering in a new Democratic majority on the County Board of Supervisors.

San Diego City Council to hold final vote on limiting ADU construction The San Diego City Council will hold a final vote Tuesday on capping the number of ADUs on single-family lots.

Happening today: "The San Diego City Council will hold a final vote Tuesday on capping the number of ADUs on single-family lots."

Class-action lawsuit over jail conditions faces crucial legal test this week in federal court County lawyers argue its jails have improved since a scathing 2022 state audit and say plaintiffs’ claims of sub-standard practices are moot. But the plaintiffs say major problems persist and are s…

Class-action lawsuit over jail conditions faces crucial legal test this week in federal court

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A homeless outreach team focused on tough cases may end after budget cuts Hundreds of thousands of dollars were recently pulled from a program that aids San Diegans who are constantly being arrested or calling 911.

Via @sandiegouniontribune.com: "Hundreds of thousands of dollars were recently pulled from a program that aids San Diegans who are constantly being arrested or calling 911."

The fine print on San Diego’s 101 Ash deal: New numbers, higher costs and 2 differing appraisals Transaction documents bring to the surface an array of complexities in the proposed 60-year lease agreement with the development team seeking to convert the building into low-income apartments.

Real estate expert to @sandiegouniontribune.com: “I think it is a sweetheart deal for the developer, but I don’t see a lot of good alternatives for the city.”

Trump administration asks San Diego sheriff for data on all noncitizen inmates despite state law Sheriff Kelly Martinez’s office did not signal how it will respond

Trump administration asks San Diego sheriff for data on all noncitizen inmates despite state law

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How San Diego’s Gay Restaurants Unite a Community Local LGBTQ people have dined and dished together since the World War II era.

And Randy Dotinga dropped a fun review of gay dining in San Diego, including the Hillcrest restaurant Mayor Todd Gloria drove to immediately after he got his license.

@bellamayaross.bsky.social delivered the truth about rumored ICE activity at the Spring Valley Swap Meet. www.instagram.com/reel/DMN6hP2...