{"id":163440,"date":"2025-08-21T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163440\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:26:12","slug":"morning-report-how-much-can-we-prevent-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163440\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Report: How Much Can We Prevent Homelessness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most of the past few years, the number of newly homeless San Diegans has outpaced the number of newly housed residents. Could San Diego fully reverse that trend and prevent homelessness altogether?<\/p>\n

Our Lisa Halverstadt\u2019s conclusion: The region can turn the dial by scaling up prevention programs, but it can\u2019t fully stem the flow of newly homeless San Diegans without much more dramatic federal and housing policy shifts.<\/p>\n

As part of our series looking ahead at San Diego\u2019s next 20 years as Voice of San Diego celebrates its 20th anniversary, Halverstadt asked experts to weigh in on what\u2019s possible with homelessness prevention.<\/p>\n

They suggested increased financial support for prevention programs coupled with deeper analyses using tools like artificial intelligence to better target and tailor resources could give the region\u2019s existing homelessness prevention efforts a major shot in the arm over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/a> And read\u00a0more stories in the series here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

To Compost or Not to Compost: The Pizza Box<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"A pizza box, trash, plastics and other items in compost that is delivered to Miramar Greenery on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. \/ Zo\u00eb Meyers for Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

After Tuesday\u2019s article about trash contamination in the compost at the Miramar Greenery published, readers gave us an earful about an image of a pizza box among a pile of compost.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Everyone thought pizza boxes were organic waste and could go back to the Earth as compost via the green bin. Cardboard is a heavy paper product so it is, technically, made of organic materials that will turn into compost.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But whether you can put it in your green bin is largely dependent on who picks up your trash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Learning Curve: High-Performing Districts Losing Students Too<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Rancho Santa Fe School District\u2019s R. Roger Rowe School on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Rancho Santa Fe. \/ Vito di Stefano for Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

Our education reporter Jakob McWhinney has reported several stories on San Diego\u2019s massive enrollment declines. And those stories have led to a cottage industry of people coming up with theories about why it\u2019s happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his newest Learning Curve, he examines two of the theories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Theory one: Students are going to private school and home school. That\u2019s happening, Jakob found, but it doesn\u2019t come close to explaining the overall numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Theory two: Students are leaving to go to higher-performing districts. Jakob did some rough calculations and that also doesn\u2019t appear at first glance to be quite right.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the full Learning Curve here.<\/strong><\/a> And <\/strong>subscribe for free here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New Homes Being Built Near Freeways<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"View of 805 North and 805 South freeway on Jan. 27, 2024. \/ Ariana Drehsler for Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

Roughly 20 percent of new homes in San Diego were built within one thousand feet of a freeway, according to a new analysis by KPBS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This comes with health risks. One study found that roadway pollution increases \u201cthe risk of multiple health conditions, including cardiovascular, respiratory and reproductive conditions for people who live within 500 to 600 feet of a freeway,\u201d KPBS reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new story is part of our series In Whose Backyard. Voice partnered with KPBS to analyze six years worth of local housing data. We\u2019ve written nearly a dozen stories so far on everything from Poway\u2019s single-family-zoning paradise to which cities aren\u2019t meeting their housing goals. Check out the full series here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out the most recent story here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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