San Diego housing policy faces pressure over vouchers, rents and short-term rentals

AB 2128 awaits Governor Newsom’s action and could protect more than 16,000 San Diego-area Section 8 households from work requirements and time limits, while rent-hike lawsuits highlight unresolved voucher disputes. Airbnb’s reported $672,198 opposition campaign against a vacation-home tax and the proposed 107 Ash Street conversion into 249 income-restricted apartments are intensifying scrutiny of lobbying, affordability, and city accountability.