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Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
ChulaVistaMomOf4--I just had a little time to look over the link you sent. Project 25 looks like a good program. The byproduct of helping people with housing appears to have benefits for taxpayers as well--fewer trips to Emergency Ward etc. It's just like Eastlaker said, it's much easier to treat the other issues, if a person has a roof over his or her head. I don't have anything to back it up, but I suspect that it's crucial to get people housed sooner rather than later.... Thanks for sharing..
— March 12, 2016 9:04 a.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
Sjtorres, As always I appreciate your input. Please share your statistics regarding people coming from all over North America. I am not aware that Chula Vista did this kind of study. I am aware that every major city in the country has experienced an explosion in people without homes...
— March 11, 2016 6:42 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
JerryThomas, I'm glad to see your contribution to the dialogue. When I went to the SW meeting about the CFDs, I thought I had a copy of your handout in my computer bag but I was mistaken. I am glad that people are getting the substance treatment that they need. But you make a good point, why would both of these places be located in the Southwest?
— March 11, 2016 3:34 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
shirley Long time no see. I laud your great spirit.
— March 11, 2016 3:29 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
AlexClarke, I suspect your position is a popular one. However, doing little or nothing hasn't been a successful strategy in any city across the country. Many are pleased to see the Veteran's Administration begin to step up. Targeted interventions will play a role, I believe. I did not have room to include the the San Diego Dream Center. James Merino is the Executive Director. This is a non-profit organization with 300 volunteers. The group originates out of L.A. but Merino is from the South Bay. Through their volunteer efforts and collaboration with the city, 48 people in the South Bay have been given homes and/or assistance. Perhaps the best way to address the growing population of homeless is like the solution to energy where we need not one big solution, but many layered approaches.
— March 11, 2016 8:26 a.m.
Educational turf war down south
dbdriver, Interesting thought. My guess is transportation, which both districts are already capable of providing, would not eat up the whole ADA. That being said, many of the schools on the east side have been impacted for too long. Both districts need to get new schools built, the housing development has outpaced classroom space--again. Some people have discussed getting some magnet schools going on the west side... One other point about this discussion that's interesting is the last charter that occupied Mater Dei was Leonardo da Vinci Charter....which was absorbed into CVESD.
— March 3, 2016 9:55 a.m.
Educational turf war down south
eastlaker, I just had a day to catch up on the news. County Boards can be authorizing agencies... Anyway, this L.A. Times article is pertinent:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lausd…
— March 2, 2016 11:47 a.m.
New plan for Chula Vista's west side
Eastlaker, your points are good. As with Sweetwater in the past, the public gets little accounting of the funds. I have several times, from several different agencies done a PRA for this information but the information is generic. This next idea I'm posing as a question, a thought...all CFDs time out. Using Eastlake CFDs as an example, residents in each district will be done paying in a certain amount of time, 20 years for example. Those funds were originally to lay infrastructure and build schools for new developments. When the CFDs are paid off...when the money runs out then the schools or the city must assume that maintenance. If more and more CFDs get paid off, the city increasingly assumes the financial obligation. That's why I wonder if the city has to keep creating more CFDs, kind of like a Ponzi scheme. Also, there are lots of areas in the state and country that don't rely on CFDs, but things still get built. How?
— February 25, 2016 1:17 p.m.
New plan for Chula Vista's west side
AlexClarke, I'm going to have to disagree with you about some of the west side and definitely about the bulldozer. It is a vibrant, multi-ethnic community with people who are real neighbors. As the east side becomes increasingly congested, I know personally a number of young people who have moved or are looking to move to the west side. There are some nice homes, big lots, and no Mello-Roos. Mello-Roos often makes it harder for young people to qualify. Third Avenue has been getting a makeover...very slow...but it's happening. And there are some unique restaurants on Third Avenue that attract people from all over. Certainly if there were more jobs and better paying jobs that would give us a lift up. If we really do pull out of the great recession maybe there's hope for that. I think if the city hired more code enforcement some of the slum landlord problems could be addressed.
— February 24, 2016 12:21 p.m.
Crisis at Bayfront Charter High
Eastlaker, your idea about gathering the enrollment figures for the 2 districts is a good one, it is a blind spot. It will take a bit of time. There are also extraneous things to compute, for example there is a charter on H Street in western Chula Vista called San Diego Virtual Charter which was started by Van Zant, Mountain Empire. It is, I believe, for middle and senior students.
— February 19, 2016 7:10 p.m.
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Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
ChulaVistaMomOf4--I just had a little time to look over the link you sent. Project 25 looks like a good program. The byproduct of helping people with housing appears to have benefits for taxpayers as well--fewer trips to Emergency Ward etc. It's just like Eastlaker said, it's much easier to treat the other issues, if a person has a roof over his or her head. I don't have anything to back it up, but I suspect that it's crucial to get people housed sooner rather than later.... Thanks for sharing..— March 12, 2016 9:04 a.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
Sjtorres, As always I appreciate your input. Please share your statistics regarding people coming from all over North America. I am not aware that Chula Vista did this kind of study. I am aware that every major city in the country has experienced an explosion in people without homes...— March 11, 2016 6:42 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
JerryThomas, I'm glad to see your contribution to the dialogue. When I went to the SW meeting about the CFDs, I thought I had a copy of your handout in my computer bag but I was mistaken. I am glad that people are getting the substance treatment that they need. But you make a good point, why would both of these places be located in the Southwest?— March 11, 2016 3:34 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
shirley Long time no see. I laud your great spirit.— March 11, 2016 3:29 p.m.
Chula Vista addresses homeless crisis
AlexClarke, I suspect your position is a popular one. However, doing little or nothing hasn't been a successful strategy in any city across the country. Many are pleased to see the Veteran's Administration begin to step up. Targeted interventions will play a role, I believe. I did not have room to include the the San Diego Dream Center. James Merino is the Executive Director. This is a non-profit organization with 300 volunteers. The group originates out of L.A. but Merino is from the South Bay. Through their volunteer efforts and collaboration with the city, 48 people in the South Bay have been given homes and/or assistance. Perhaps the best way to address the growing population of homeless is like the solution to energy where we need not one big solution, but many layered approaches.— March 11, 2016 8:26 a.m.
Educational turf war down south
dbdriver, Interesting thought. My guess is transportation, which both districts are already capable of providing, would not eat up the whole ADA. That being said, many of the schools on the east side have been impacted for too long. Both districts need to get new schools built, the housing development has outpaced classroom space--again. Some people have discussed getting some magnet schools going on the west side... One other point about this discussion that's interesting is the last charter that occupied Mater Dei was Leonardo da Vinci Charter....which was absorbed into CVESD.— March 3, 2016 9:55 a.m.
Educational turf war down south
eastlaker, I just had a day to catch up on the news. County Boards can be authorizing agencies... Anyway, this L.A. Times article is pertinent: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lausd…— March 2, 2016 11:47 a.m.
New plan for Chula Vista's west side
Eastlaker, your points are good. As with Sweetwater in the past, the public gets little accounting of the funds. I have several times, from several different agencies done a PRA for this information but the information is generic. This next idea I'm posing as a question, a thought...all CFDs time out. Using Eastlake CFDs as an example, residents in each district will be done paying in a certain amount of time, 20 years for example. Those funds were originally to lay infrastructure and build schools for new developments. When the CFDs are paid off...when the money runs out then the schools or the city must assume that maintenance. If more and more CFDs get paid off, the city increasingly assumes the financial obligation. That's why I wonder if the city has to keep creating more CFDs, kind of like a Ponzi scheme. Also, there are lots of areas in the state and country that don't rely on CFDs, but things still get built. How?— February 25, 2016 1:17 p.m.
New plan for Chula Vista's west side
AlexClarke, I'm going to have to disagree with you about some of the west side and definitely about the bulldozer. It is a vibrant, multi-ethnic community with people who are real neighbors. As the east side becomes increasingly congested, I know personally a number of young people who have moved or are looking to move to the west side. There are some nice homes, big lots, and no Mello-Roos. Mello-Roos often makes it harder for young people to qualify. Third Avenue has been getting a makeover...very slow...but it's happening. And there are some unique restaurants on Third Avenue that attract people from all over. Certainly if there were more jobs and better paying jobs that would give us a lift up. If we really do pull out of the great recession maybe there's hope for that. I think if the city hired more code enforcement some of the slum landlord problems could be addressed.— February 24, 2016 12:21 p.m.
Crisis at Bayfront Charter High
Eastlaker, your idea about gathering the enrollment figures for the 2 districts is a good one, it is a blind spot. It will take a bit of time. There are also extraneous things to compute, for example there is a charter on H Street in western Chula Vista called San Diego Virtual Charter which was started by Van Zant, Mountain Empire. It is, I believe, for middle and senior students.— February 19, 2016 7:10 p.m.