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[Media Alert] Survey of San Diego taxi drivers reveals hardship and public safety risks
5/20/13
Two taxi drivers also will speak, one who was fired after advocating for better conditions and one who is currently driving.
San Diego Nonprofits Win Grant to Plan Long-Term Reform in Region
4/8/13
San Diego Nonprofits Win Grant to Plan Long-Term Reform in Region Open Places Initiative aims to improve equity, justice and democracy Four local nonprofits collectively have received $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to design a plan for improving low-income and ethnically diverse communities’ influence and access to economic, civic, and political opportunities in the…
BREAKING: Approximately 20 arrested demanding fairness for hotel workers
3/1/13
Mission Valley Hilton owner, HEI, refuses to protect employees during sale San Diego – Approximately 20 hotel workers, family members, clergy and community advocates were arrested this evening at the Hilton Mission Valley hotel, where they were protesting the refusal of the current owner, HEI, to protect employees during the sale of the hotel. All…
[ADVISORY] Hotel workers to risk arrest Friday to save their jobs
2/28/13
Media advisory March 1, 2013 Contact: Brigette Browning, bbrowning@unitehere.org, (619) 981-3009 or Crystal Page, crystal@onlinecpi.org (310) 256 – 0955 Hotel workers to risk arrest Friday to save their jobs Current hotel owner, HEI, refuses to protect employees during sale San Diego – On March 21, Tarsadia Investment Group will buy the Hilton Mission Valley Hotel. …
Advisory: Lawsuit challenging legality of San Diego’s tourism tax to be filed today
2/25/13
Media advisory February 25, 2013 Contact: Susan Duerksen, 619-804-1950, 619-584-5744 x64 Lawsuit challenging legality of San Diego’s tourism tax to be filed today Hotel workers to announce legal action at 1:30 pm press conference Hotel workers and the union that represents them, UNITE-HERE Local 30, will announce a lawsuit against the City of San Diego…
San Diego Mayor signs law to end blight of abandoned foreclosures
12/19/12
In his first policy action since taking office this month, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner signed into law Tuesday an ordinance holding banks accountable for maintaining the condition of homes they take over through foreclosure. The Property Value Protection Ordinance requires banks to register with the city whenever they begin a foreclosure process, and pay…
Earnings down as wages lag behind costs in San Diego region
9/20/12
Across most industries in San Diego County, the spending power of the average paycheck is dropping, new census data confirm. Inflation-adjusted earnings decreased in 10 of the region’s 15 largest industries, compared to 2007, and more people fell into poverty in 2011.
Life sciences industry sweeps low-paid workers under the rug
5/15/12
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…
CPI calls on SD County board to optimize use of new federal health funding
11/30/11
As residents of San Diego County continue to lose health insurance, County officials could enhance their efforts to bring in federal funding newly available to increase coverage. The Center on Policy Initiatives is calling on the County Board to re-examine its approach to the federal Affordable Care Act, in light of new research findings: Employment-based…
Community to tell City Council: Keep our landfill public
9/26/11
Community groups will be out in force Monday to tell the San Diego City Council to keep Miramar Landfill under public control. “Contracting out the landfill is a bad idea for the public interest and the City’s financial health,” said Clare Crawford, CPI Executive Director. “There are just too many risks for taxpayers, our environment…
