Artist rendering of Comm22 on Commercial and 22nd St.
Video by Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producer’s Project
Intro by Brent E. Beltrán
With the battle looming over the future of Barrio Logan, due to Maritime Industry’s refusal to accept the Barrio Logan Community Plan update, I feel it is necessary to give voters of the city of San Diego a little history of Barrio Logan and highlight the issues residents face. In June, eligible San Diego voters will go to the polls to vote on wether to approve the community plan or reject it.
Over the next few weeks I will post a video on Sundays that highlights the community of Barrio Logan and the beauty within San Diego’s most historic barrio.
This week’s video, Staying in the Barrio – Affordable Housing in Barrio Logan, documents the challenges of attaining affordable housing in Barrio Logan as downtown slowly creeps closer. Comm22, the affordable housing complex discussed in this video, is in full building mode and will soon bring quality, low income apartments to the Greater Logan area.
Previous week’s videos:
To Reach My Goals – Education in Barrio Logan
Remembering Our Past – History of Barrio Logan
Many thanks to the fine folks at Media Arts Center San Diego and the teens who created these amazing short documentaries. These videos were created from their perspective. For more Teen Producers Project videos check out their YouTube channel.
Brent E. Beltrán
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A segment on today’s Melissa Harris-Perry show discussed a new Wall Street investment tool that treats single family rental properties in a way similar to the mortgage-backed investment tools that tanked the economy not that long ago. Part of the discussion included a comment by journalist Laura Gottesdiener that the question we need to be asking is “what would it look like for our neighborhoods to me more secure” rather than how to make Wall Street investors richer. One of the tools she cited for making neighborhoods more secure is a Community Land Trust arrangement. Not sure whether any groups in San Diego are pursuing this idea, but it sounds do-able.