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Press Release: New Equinox Center Quality of Life Dashboard Shines Spotlight on 2012 Election Blind Spots 01/24/12
Regional
Report Card Reveals Soaring Cost of Living, Traffic and Waste as Key Priority
Areas
January 24, 2011
(San Diego, CA) – The
third annual report card of the San Diego region’s quality of life was released
today by non-partisan research group Equinox Center, revealing that current
election rhetoric is out of synch with critical regional priority areas. The
2012 San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard identifies three key trends in
which the region has moved in the wrong direction in the past year, threatening
economic prosperity and environmental health: soaring cost of living and rising
traffic and waste production.
The Cost of Living Domino Effect: 10News Previews Our 2012 Quality of Life Dashboard 01/23/12
Be sure to watch Channel 10News tonight for a preview of another key finding from Equinox Center’s 2012 Quality of Life Dashboard to be released tomorrow.
Among key findings in the 2012 Dashboard? More than half of all San Diego households are feeling the pinch of high housing costs right now.
The percent of households who spend more than a third of their income on housing is a key indicator of our region’s housing affordability and also our overall quality of life. And that number has risen yet again in San Diego County.
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