{"id":2032,"date":"2019-12-05T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2019-12-04T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T23:40:18","slug":"city-council-president-georgette-gomez-flips-on-housing-policy-for-self-serving-partisan-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2032","title":{"rendered":"City Council President Georgette G\u00f3mez Flips on Housing Policy for Self-Serving Partisan Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Mayor Faulconer has been vocal about his desire to provide more support for the homeless, it\u2019s easier said than done when City Council Democrats are impeding any and all progress. Despite a vote being passed last year for 140 new housing units per district for homeless and disabled residents by 2021, little substantive progress had been possible given the circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, individuals from across the political spectrum came together to support the private construction of permanent supportive housing districts as a non-binding resolution, in hopes of sharing the workload of the city\u2019s homelessness crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/homeless-4520000_1280.jpg\" width=\"359\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI see the benefit of this,\u201d City Council President Georgette G\u00f3mez stated last year. \u201cIt really is to send that statement that we\u2019re committing and that we\u2019re standing behind this decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, however, she has backpedaled. Her chief of policy suggested that her district had great successes with affordable housing as opposed to permanent supportive housing. Next year, her district anticipates 263 new constructions of affordable housing, but only seven are slated to be the permanent supportive housing she \u201csaw the benefit of\u201d just last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we don\u2019t get 100% commitment from Democrats, then Faulconer\u2019s hopes of helping the homeless will remain little more than that. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though Mayor Faulconer has been vocal about his desire to provide more support for the homeless, it\u2019s easier said than done when City Council Democrats are impeding any and all progress. 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