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Clairemont braces for homeless housing
That is true, especially when you consider that the average family in the 1950's could afford a new home with only one spouse working. This brings us to the related topic of depressed wages. Wages for the average American have been falling behind the rate of inflation since the 1970's. This issue will not be resolved as long as the government continues to flood the country with cheap labor from every corner of the globe. An interesting documentary to watch is "Requiem for the American Dream". It includes a history of the rise and fall of the American worker and, in a nutshell, states that although Americans on average are generous people, when the economic noose starts tightening, people are forced to look out for themselves rather than helping their neighbors. As for your comments about the vacation rentals, as long as our local government continues to allow them in residential neighborhoods, the supply of affordable housing will continue to diminish, for both buyers and renters. Even well meaning homeowners will eventually fall to the temptation of making more and more money from vacation rentals when they see all of their neighbors doing it. You know the saying - if you can't beat them, join them.— April 19, 2018 1:04 p.m.
Just keep toilet out of the title
If their intended route is Clairemont Drive, in addition to residences that sit directly on that street, it will be in close proximity to an elementary school, middle school, park, public swimming pool, YMCA skate park, and several churches. The parking situation is already so tight outside the large Coral Bay apartment complex, it overflows into the nearby neighborhoods. No doubt the construction work will compound the situation.— April 17, 2018 6:52 a.m.
Clairemont braces for homeless housing
It’s typical that the people that don’t want to be judged do the judging, as we see in the comments made by the homeless quoted in this article as well as posts by Ms. Brown and r e uhhh. They criticize the elderly for wanting to cling to a time they consider to have been more desirable than the present. Clairemont is not a wealthy neighborhood. The elderly people that bought their homes when they were new and stayed there, did so for a reason. They worked hard to have a home, raise their family and try to enjoy a decent retirement. They knew their neighbors and enjoyed enduring friendships with them. A lot of them lived modestly and made smart choices to ensure they would retain what they worked hard for. It’s astounding that anyone in their right mind would wonder why people don’t want to see that scenario disappear in exchange for overcrowding, noise, pollution, crime and public defecation/urination! (or what politicians and developers like to call “progress”). What are they supposed to say to that? “Yes please, I was hoping we wouldn’t get a nice new restaurant, shop or park here.” San Diego is one of the most expensive cities in the nation. It can be hard to make ends meet even if you have a good job. It is revolting that our local and state “leaders” expect the hardworking people to shoulder the burden of housing people that have absolutely no prospects for ever supporting themselves here. There is already a large population that have moved back in with their parents because it’s too expensive to live on their own or they live in a property that resembles a mini-dorm (with no extra parking of course!). There is no logic in housing people with no real job prospects in this city. A lot of San Diegans would like to buy a house in La Jolla or Rancho Santa Fe but they don’t because they can’t afford it. You have to move to a place you can afford. Yes, the mentally ill should be taken off the streets although I agree that this will probably never happen as long as we allow the ACLU and our politicians to continue enabling them to wander around like zombies to the detriment of responsible residents, like downtown where you are spat on or threatened by the nut cases out enjoying all their freedom. Thanks “progressives”!!!! For the remainder of the homeless, rather than a welfare check, maybe what they really need is a reality check. And a message for “Valerie” in this article, the people you spoke of do have a life and you are interfering in it! It seems YOU are the one that needs to get a life instead of leeching off of everyone else’s!— April 7, 2018 12:48 p.m.
Pacific Beach's high crime problem
Erin, are you suggesting that Dorian contact the rapists, assailants and thieves to get their thoughts on what makes PB such an alluring locale for committing crime? In law, there is the doctrine of "res ipsa loquitur" which means "the thing speaks for itself". I would say that in this instance, the statistics are the thing that speaks for itself. As for the comments by Shamus and others, it's disturbing that you think rape, assault and theft are only problems in the eyes of old people. I went to junior high and high school in PB in the 80's and ran with a pretty fast crowd, however, raping, assaulting and/or stealing was never on our "to do" lists! Please don't blame criminal activity on youth. Criminals of any age tend to be attracted to easy targets and it doesn't get much easier than finding a bunch of drunk people all gathered in one area.— February 15, 2018 12:52 p.m.
Gas-tax repeal campaign prompts motorists to drive
I couldn't agree more! I do not personally know Carl but I am grateful that there is someone out there that is willing and able to lead the charge, even if there are other motivations involved. I don't have the time to put boots on the ground for this cause, no matter how much I believe in it. I have to work for a living, not only to support myself but also the numerous mouths I have to feed, clothe, and provide healthcare to, via my taxes, whether I like it or not. Further, (my turn to go slightly off topic but sticking with the taxed to death theme), we now have our local government's bright idea to increase property owners' taxes to fund new housing for the homeless. If there is anyone out there that doesn't think we have a big enough problem as it is, just wait until we start giving away free housing to chronic drug abusers and those that simply don't want to work. Every like-minded person in the nation will flock here to get their free home. And seriously, who in their right mind thinks it's logical to try to create "affordable housing" for deadbeats in one of the most expensive cities in the nation? Affordable housing already exists, it's just not in San Diego. The reality is that a large portion of the chronically homeless will never be productive individuals and forcing hard working people to give up more and more of their own paychecks to support them is not only illogical, it's not sustainable. For those San Diegans out there that think a tax increase on property owners will not affect them because they are renters, the reality is that every property owner with a rental property will pass that cost on to the renter. If they think rents are high now, just wait until property taxes go up! We will end up with an even bigger homeless population when even the people who work can no longer afford any place to live.— February 10, 2018 2:21 p.m.
Gas-tax repeal campaign prompts motorists to drive
Let me clarify, I was referring to his fellow politicians in Sacramento, the ones assisting him in taxing Californians to death with nothing of substance to show for it, just a state beginning to resemble a giant shanty town. In the end, I guess you are actually correct though. I really do think they personally are dirt bags.— February 9, 2018 4:42 p.m.
Gas-tax repeal campaign prompts motorists to drive
Maybe you are just wondering what "personal attack" actually means. Commenting on the job performance of an elected official such as Jerry Brown is hardly a personal attack. I made no comments about his personal life. His job performance is public and the public are free to comment. Commenting on a person's sexuality in regard to an article on a gas tax and how people from the gay community supposedly feel about someone is most definitely a personal attack.— February 9, 2018 6:52 a.m.
Gas-tax repeal campaign prompts motorists to drive
Yeah, you sound like a real winner yourself. Try to stay on topic rather than just making personal attacks. I applaud Carl's efforts to stop Sacramento's never ending attempts to tax Californians into bankruptcy. Jerry Brown doesn't care about the condition of our roads, he just needs more cash flow for all the worlds' charity cases that sponge up whatever money his dirt bag buddies haven't lined their pockets with. November can't come fast enough.— February 8, 2018 8:25 p.m.
Not only about the clean cars in Clairemont
I always thought that anyone that would open a business like "Washman" directly outside people's windows and balconies must be a class-A jerk. After reading Jonathan Widener's comments in this article, I realize I was right. His website states "The customer is King" but apparently the neighbors are not. My husband and I live further up the hill from Washman but avoid it out of principle (not to mention it looks like the edge of the property is a satellite location for the meth heads referenced in Julie Stalmer's "Breaking Bad - Clairemont" article several weeks ago). As for Victor's, it didn't help them to initially have a truck parked outside the business that was painted to look like ghetto taggers got to it. Most of the people I know that live in Bay Park were hopeful that the subject area would be improved visually but businesses like Washman and Victor's only dash those hopes.— October 27, 2017 1:56 p.m.
High Tech High requests permit for 1636 students instead of 1110
As a former resident of Pt. Loma that lived near HTH, I experienced first hand the traffic problems associated with the school. Almost all of the students that attend HTH do not live near the school so they arrive by private car or by bus. Most of the kids arriving by car are being dropped off by parents who always seem to be running late so they run through red lights near the school (like the one at the entrance to Liberty Station on Barnett Avenue). The kids that are dropped off by the city bus across from the school on Rosecrans also cannot be bothered to obey traffic laws and rather than using the crosswalk, they run in groups across six lanes of traffic (three each direction), often causing cars to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting them. Residents would be wise to fight the proposed increase in the student population. HTH are not known for being good neighbors and the traffic issue is only one of the reasons.— May 19, 2017 6:47 a.m.