Life sciences industry sweeps low-paid workers under the rug
May 15, 2012
Report: Janitors’ low wages a blotch on biotech’s shining reputation Janitors who clean the offices and laboratories of San Diego’s highly profitable biotech companies generally aren’t paid enough to live on, while their low wages are excluded from the industry’s claims of creating good jobs. A new report from the Center on Policy Initiatives examined the pay scales and financial health of large local life sciences firms, including biotech and...
70% of San Diego voters favor fining banks for blighted foreclosures
May 9, 2012
Poll shows overwhelming support for proposed ordinance San Diego voters – across the city and across the political spectrum – favor fining banks to cover cleanup costs for foreclosed properties that are not maintained. In a poll conducted last month, 70% of voters who expect to vote in November said they support $1,000-a-day fines for banks that let foreclosed homes become rundown. The opinion research firm Grove Insight surveyed 600...
CPI in the community
Christie Hill, CPI's senior legal and policy analyst, joined with the San Diego Organizing Project to decry the underfunding and endless delays for sidewalks, streets, parks and other municipal improvements in lower-income neighborhoods. Hill spoke at a press conference March 12 on Holly Drive, where residents have been waiting for a promised sidewalk since 2008.
