Opinion Article by Lois Sunrich and Bob Kent | Coast News Group

LET’S BUILD A FUTURE TOGETHER

We ask Encinitas voters to approve Measure U – The Housing Element Plan, so affordable homes can be built for our seniors, our millennial and family residents as well as for our workers, who earn between $15-$20 hour and who are commuting long distances or finding difficult living situations in order to stay here in the city they serve. These individuals are our children, parents, grandparents, friends and co-workers.

By Ruarri Serpa | Voice of San Diego

For the past several years, Encinitas officials have talked a lot about housing — dwelling units per acre, lot coverage, density bonuses. But missing from these technical conversations haves been the people who actually need affordable housing, their stories and perspectives. A new group, Keys4Homes, has sought to change that by organizing seniors, artists, workers and others in need of affordable housing to share their stories at public meetings.

By Carey Blakely | The Coast News Group

ENCINITAS — A recent article in The New York Times titled “The Pleasure and Pain of Being California, the World’s 5th-Largest Economy” examined the pros and cons that the state’s economic success has doled out to residents. On one hand, California’s economy is booming with $6 billion sitting in its treasury coffers a mere seven years after being $27 billion in the red. However, as Times reporter Thomas Fuller writes, “it is hard to overlook the pain that prosperity has brought: traffic, property prices, homelessness.”

Commentary By Lois Sunrich and Bob Kent | The Coast News Group

Imagine an affordable housing community filled with our very own hardworking residents here in Encinitas. Start with a few young people who serve coffee downtown every morning while helping those businesses thrive, now include some of our preschool teachers, maybe one who works with your neighbor’s kids.  Let’s also add a few of our artists who are enriching our lives throughout Encinitas, while at the same time helping the arts become an unexpected financial engine.