Housing

San Diego Property Values Up 3 Percent

| 4:12 PM

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San Diego County Assessor Ernie Dronenburg announced today that the 2013 assessed value of all taxable property has increased by more than 3 percent (or $13.6 billion) from last year. The property was valued as of January 1, 2013. This year’s total assessed value is $408.8 billion. After deducting tax exempt properties (charitable, homeowners, disabled etc.) the net assessed value is $393 billion and based on a 1 percent tax rate it would produce approximately $3.9 billion in property taxes.

Housing

VIDEO: Cedar Gateway

| 12:17 PM

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The new Cedar Gateway housing complex downtown gives residents at risk of homelessness a start at getting their lives back on track.

Housing

Board Opposes Fat City Lofts Project

| 4:37 PM

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San Diego County supervisors unanimously approved a resolution opposing the “Fat City Lofts” project Tuesday, saying that building luxury high-rise apartments across the street from Solar Turbines, Inc. threatened thousands of jobs and one of San Diego’s “cornerstone” businesses.