Jakob Mcwhinney

Last month, San Diego Unified’s board unexpectedly postponed a vote on proposals to develop affordable education workforce housing on five plots of district-owned land. Officials postponed the vote on proposals until later this month. New directions to de... See more

The United States is the land of opportunity. Or at least it used to be. Income inequality has exploded. Americans are more debt-ridden than ever before. Young and working-class people are less likely to be able to afford a house – or even retire. It’s al... See more

Earlier this month, longtime San Diego Unified board member Richard Barrera stunned some of his colleagues by torpedoing what would have been an historic vote to build more than 1,000 units of affordable workforce housing on district land – the largest pr... See more

On Wednesday, San Diego Unified’s board considered approving the largest slate of affordable education workforce housing ever attempted in California. The board was set to vote on proposals from private developers to develop housing at five sites across t... See more

It’s hard to overstate just how big the slate of affordable education workforce housing projects San Diego Unified’s board is considering approving tonight. The proposals would comprise not only the biggest portfolio of affordable housing, but well over d... See more