Category: Articles
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Researchers Confirm: Upzoning Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis
Tim Redmond on the 48 Hills news site recently reported on conference at UCLA’s Lufkin Center that brought together academics and policymakers on both sides of California’s housing debate. The results were eye-opening. There are groups that profess the theory that the key to solving the shortage in housing affordability is to simply increase supply…
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North County Mayors Forum
October 23, 2025Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad, CAhttps://www.pacificridge.org/community/north-county-mayors-forum North County mayors discussed housing policy and homelessness at this community event. L to R: Bruce Ehlers (Encinitas), Rebecca Jones (San Marcos), Lisa Heebner (Solana Beach), Esther Sanchez (Oceanside), and Keith Blackburn (Carlsbad). This forum was hosted by Pacific Ridge School and moderated by Voice of San Diego.…
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We Dodged A Bullet!
You may have heard about California Senate Bill 79, the highly controversial transit-oriented development bill that promised to turn Carlsbad Village into a dense cluster of high-density high-rise apartments and short-term vacation rentals. It also threatened many of our single family neighborhoods with high-density housing without any local control over size and location. It was…
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The Looming Housing Battle
How It Affects You and Your Community Think for a moment about the one place where you should feel safe, secure, and able to truly live: your home. It’s the foundation upon which you build your life, your family, your future. But in Carlsbad, this fundamental security is crumbling for far too many, and the…