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Here’s what we have for you today:
- California lawmakers are pushing for more protections against “forever chemicals,” regardless of what the Trump administration is doing.
- San Diego Wave FC takes a stunning loss to their rivals from Los Angeles.
- While most of the county will dodge this week’s higher temperatures, the mountain regions could still get some thunderstorms.
Brooke Binkowski
News editor
Top story
Inside the two-year struggle to build six tiny homes for unhoused residents in Pacific Beach
What does it take to house the unsheltered? In Pacific Beach, the answer is at least two years and an entire community.
Six tiny homes are finally up, serving people in the neighborhood. The project was the culmination of a collaborative effort between neighboring town councils, churches, businesses, and governmental offices, and it sets Pacific Beach apart as the first neighborhood in San Diego to take this community-driven approach to homeless solutions.
The set of six shelter cabins are designed to offer transitional shelter to those who are working yet unhoused. PB is the first neighborhood in San Diego to offer these tiny homes — which come with a bed, air conditioning, and privacy.
Six shelters are hardly a drop in the bucket locally — San Diego’s Regional Taskforce on Homelessness counted more than 30,000 unhoused people in May — but for the people those structures shelter, it’s the opportunity to get a decent night’s sleep and do some laundry, which when you’re working or looking for work can be a life-changing opportunity.
Getting the first-of-its-kind project built is never easy; the city’s permitting process caused months of the delays. And those six homes came out of a lot of a hundred provided by the county — 94 of which still remain unclaimed.
You can read all about the process, and the delays, in today’s lead story from our freelancer Ashlyn Lipori-Russie.
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Stories you should know about
🌊 Monday’s ‘King Tides’ could provide a window into our coast’s future: California’s highest tide of the year, commonly known as a “King Tide,” is expected to come in on Monday, just before 9 p.m. in La Jolla and all along the coast.
🪖 California colleges reveal their military weapons stockpile after CalMatters investigation: According to state law, campus police can only own military equipment if the college believes there is no other way to uphold civilian safety.
💻Schools are trying to block children from accessing dangerous content and games online — and getting outsmarted: Third graders have used Google Docs to compile inappropriate memes and images and message each other throughout the school day, and a second grader searched for a sexually explicit term and was shown a Wikipedia page — with pictures.
🩺 In California governor’s race, voters face stark choice on immigrant healthcare: Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton both frame the choice as an economic one.
💰Opinion: The ‘billionaire tax’ dominates this year’s ballot measure politics.
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