Daily Business Report-June 13, 2019
A rendering of a campus housing project for community college students underway at Orange Coast College. (Image courtesy of OCC)
Should community colleges build housing?
By Felicia Mello | CALmatters
Matthew Polamalu was spending 1.5 hours each day commuting back and forth to community college along Southern California’s congested freeways when he decided he’d had enough.
He sat down at his computer and Googled “community colleges with dorms.”
“I was just looking for the full college experience,” said the psychology major. He found it in a residence hall at Sierra College, along a winding, tree-lined road in the Sacramento suburb of Rocklin. There, Polamalu can easily stroll to the classroom next door for math tutoring, and no longer worries about competing with other students for parking spaces.
“I’m right near all the resources I need,” he said.
Think of a community college, and you’ll likely picture a commuter school with low-slung buildings and massive parking lots. And you’d be right—out of California’s 114 community colleges, only 11 offer on-campus housing. But some of those parking lots could soon become dormitories as community colleges look to build their own solutions to the state’s affordable housing crisis.
An 800-bed student apartment complex is rising on the campus of Orange Coast College, the largest community college in Orange County. At Santa Rosa Junior College, administrators kicked their plans for dorms into high gear after the Tubbs Fire swept through the wine country town in 2017, exacerbating its housing crunch. And the Los Angeles Community College District, where one student in five is homeless, is one of several districts studying the feasibility of building on-campus housing.
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City of San Diego claims 3 spots in top 20 list
of ZIP codes with highest Baby-Boomer populations
San Diego is the only city in California which claimed 3 spots in the list of the top 20 ZIP codes with the largest Baby-Boomer populations in the state. That’s according to a report by RENTcafe, a nationwide apartment search website. But two other cities in San Diego County — Chula Vista and El Cajon — also made the top 20 list.
In the city of San Diego, the ZIP codes with the largest Baby-Boomer populations are:
ZIP code 92154 — Otay Mesa: 13,084
ZIP code 92126 — Mira Mesa: 12,715
ZIP code 92114 — Skyline: 12,002
Two ZIP codes in Chula Vista made the top 20 list: 91911 (12,506 Baby-Boomers); and 91910 (12,499 Baby-Boomers).
El Cajon ZIP code 92021 counts 11,666 Baby-Boomers.
RENTcafe said San Francisco boasts the ZIP code with the most Boomers in California and the fifth nationwide: 16,876 in ZIP code 94112.
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Bill that would end gun shows
at Del Mar Fairgrounds advances
San Diego Union-Tribune
Assemblyman Todd Gloria’s bill to prohibit sales of guns and ammunition at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in 2021 received approval from the Senate’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday.
After the five-to-two vote in the Senate Public Safety Committee, the bill advances to the Senate’s Appropriations Committee. The bill passed in the State Assembly in April.
“This is another win for gun sense and making our communities safer,” said Gloria in a news release.
The approval from the Senate Public Safety Committee brightens the outlook for gun safety advocates who have fought to permanently end the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
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Lindsay Hester elected president of local
chapter of American Society of Interior Designers
Interior designer Lindsay Hester, ASID, has been elected to lead the 700-member San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) as president for a one-year term.
Hester, who has specialized in residential remodeling and new construction projects for 20+ years, established her own firm, Hester Interiors, in 2005. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art with an emphasis in interior design from San Diego State University.
Her work has been honored with numerous awards and by multiple publications. Hester is a three-time winner of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine’s Kitchen of the Year and Bath of the Year competitions. She was also honored in the ASID/AARP Designed for Life competition.
The current ASID board of directors also includes Bertha Hernandez, Allied ASID, president-elect; Tamalyn Shea, Industry Partner ASID, director of communications; Dasha Hervey, Allied ASID, director of membership; Ann Cummings, ASID, director of finance; Michelle Strausbaugh, Allied ASID, director of professional development; Marcia Bryan, ASID, director at large; Kelly McWhorter, Student ASID, student rep to the board. Jolene French is the chapter administrator.
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CaseyGerry’s Jay Paulino honored as
“Governor of the Year” by CALI
Jay Paulino, an in-house private investigator for San Diego-based CaseyGerry, has been lauded as “Governor of the Year” by the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI), the largest private investigator association in the world. He was elected district governor for San Diego last year and was re-elected to a second term this year. The accolade was presented at the annual CALI conference as the Westgate Resort in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Paulino was honored for his work as a district governor, a role in which he has worked to advance the professions of licensed investigators. For the members in his district, Paulino gathers investigative resources and provides additional education and training. Paulino also leads by example and has utilized his platform to bring CALI members together to serve a greater good to the community and association. In addition to his recent accolade, he recently became a certified private investigator (CPI).
Paulino is a bilingual, licensed private investigator with expertise in planning and conducting investigations in complex matters, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and product failure cases. He has been a key member of CaseyGerry’s investigative staff since 2017 and currently works on the firm’s complex litigation team. He has over ten years of experience handling investigations for both law firms and insurance companies.
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NuVasive’s LessRay platform wins gold
at 2019 Medical Design Excellence Awards
NuVasive Inc., the San Diego company involved in spine technology innovation focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, announced its LessRay radiation reduction and workflow enhancement platform was voted a gold winner in the Radiological, Imaging and Electromechanical Devices category at the 2019 Medical Design Excellence Awards held in New York City on June 11. The LessRay platform is built on a proprietary algorithm that captures and enhances low-dose, low-quality images to produce images with similar diagnostic capabilities as conventional full-dose images. This technology has the ability to reduce radiation emissions to the operating room staff and patient by 75 percent compared to standard fluoroscopy, according to the company.
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UEI College grand opening set
for June 25 in Chula Vista
UEI College, a national provider of postsecondary career education, will celebrate the move of the Chula Vista campus to its new location at 1261 3rd Ave., Suite A. The grand opening celebration will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on June 25.
The ribbon cutting will be performed by Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce officials, city of Chula Vista City council members as well as other community leaders. There will be other additional guests, along with students from the UEI College Chula Vista campus who will share their personal experiences at the new campus.
“We are ecstatic to have a new campus for our Chula Vista students to succeed and build their futures. With the new location, we were able to expand our footprint and now offer the Automotive Technician program,” said David Movsesian, campus president. “Having support from the Chula Vista community gives additional encouragement for our students to be successful in their achievements. Our students work extremely hard; come to the grand opening and you will see how amazing they really are.”
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WRITE OUT LOUD receives grant
to host the NEA Big Read in San Diego
WRITE OUT LOUD is a recipient of a grant of $15,000 to host the NEA Big Read in San Diego. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.
WRITE OUT LOUD is one of 78 nonprofit organizations to receive an NEA Big Read grant to host a community reading program between September 2019 and June 2020. The NEA Big Read in San Diego will focus on “A Small Story About the Sky” by Alberto Rios. Activities with students will begin in the fall and community wide events will take place through the month of April 2020.
The NEA Big Read showcases a diverse range of titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, aiming to inspire conversation and discovery. The main feature of the initiative is a grants program, managed by Arts Midwest, which annually supports dynamic community reading programs, each designed around a single National Endowment for the Arts Big Read selection.
Local partners for this project include: San Diego Public Library, The Book Catapult, Playwright’s Project, San Diego Writer’s INK, Vocabulary Boutique, Juvenile Court Schools, San Diego Unified School District and other schools throughout the county.
