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Breaking down the numbers

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• The cost of living is 3% lower in San Diego.
• To maintain our standard of living with a $50,000 budget, we would need to bring in $51,640 to our Los Angeles household.
• The median cost for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,820, which is $427 more than San Diego.

• Homemade Ravioli Workshop | Mon., Sept. 26 | 10 a.m. | Sur La Table at The Forum Carlsbad | $89 | Learn to make fresh pasta dough + make two ravioli recipes. 🍝
• Lykke Li | Mon., Sept. 26 | 7 p.m. | The Observatory North Park | $42+ | The Swedish indie pop singer performs. 🇸🇪
• LEGO Power Hour | Mondays | 3:30-5 p.m. | Mission Hills Branch Library, Study rooms 3+4 | Free | Build a masterpiece and show off your creation. 🧱

• San Diego OASIS: Women in Aztec Society | Tues., Sept. 27 | 12:30-2:30 p.m. | University Community Library | Free | A lecture on the roles + daily life of Mesoamerican women before the European conquest. 🌎
• San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers | Tues., Sept. 27 | 6:40 p.m. | Petco Park | $40+ | The Dodgers return to Petco Park for this start to a 4 game series. ⚾

• Classic Series: ‘High Society’ 1956 | Wed., Sept. 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Village Theater | $15 | The Coronado theater airs the film starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly + Frank Sinatra. 🎞️
• The Jam Session | Wednesdays | 7-10:30 p.m. | Copley Auditorium, Balboa Park | Free | Get outside for some Latin-jazz presented by Gilbert Castellanos. 🎺

• Cost: 80% less expensive than the dentist
• Convenience: delivered right to your door
• Quality: 100% BPA-free plastic only

• 82º | Mostly sunny | 5% chance of rain
• The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Watch for San Diego County’s coast + valleys this morning through 8 p.m. Wed., Sept. 28. Temperatures are expected to hit 85-92º in communities including Chula Vista, National City, Encinitas, Oceanside, Vista, and Carlsbad — so stay hydrated and limit your time outside. 🌡️ (National Weather Service)

• Rise: 6:37 a.m.
• Set: 6:43 p.m.

• Low: 4:03 a.m. + 4:23 p.m.
• High: 10:15 a.m. + 10:27 p.m.
• Water Temperature: 68º

• San Diego City Council approved policy changes that will accelerate the approval process for infrastructure projects by giving more control to the mayor and decreasing the council’s oversight. The city currently has a $4 billion project backlog, and the mayor’s authorities had not been modified in over a decade. 📜 (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Three of the county’s four Monoclonal Antibody Regional Centers will close by the end of the month because fewer San Diegans are in need of these services. The treatments will continue to be available by appointment at Family Health Centers of San Diego in addition to other medications + prevention methods. 🩺

• Time to update your pet’s status — local families now have access to online licensing profiles thanks to the San Diego Humane Society’s (SDHS) partnership with DocuPet. Owners can include their pet’s current address, medical info + photos, so they can be contacted in case of emergency.
• SDHS received 4,400+ applications to adopt its 108 rescue beagles, and almost all of them are now in new homes. Fifty hounds remained with SDHS — the others went to partnering rescue agencies — and 45 are with their new families while the remainder are in the process of being adopted. 🐶 (ABC 10)

• San Diego State University plans to offer a course on musical sensation Bad Bunny in 2023, focusing on his role in Latin culture and impact on reggaetón. Dr. Nate Rodríguez — associate director of Journalism + Media Studies — is preparing for the course and has previously taught a class focused on Selena Quintanilla. 🐰 (CBS 8)

• Ocean Beach Oktoberfest on Fri., Oct. 7 + Sat., Oct. 8, sounds like a blast with the announcement of its musical line-up. Nine acts will perform, all with SoCal roots + many from San Diego — including the OB-based psychedelic rockers Band of Gringos. 🎸

• Jessica Meir found herself on a new mission: Help “LEGO Masters” season three take off. The NASA astronaut + Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna appeared on the space-themed episode to talk about ideas with builders so they could launch their designs with accuracy. 🚀

• What the shell? San Diego is only No. 8 on Clever’s list of best taco cities in America. The ranking used quantitative data like the number of taco restaurants, average Yelp scores + “taco passion” based on Google searches. While we think we’re the best, we did earn one superlative — best city for Taco Tuesdays. 🌮 (Clever)
• Americans think San Diego is looking pretty good based on Home Bay’s best + worst places to live in the US. Based on a survey of 1,000 people, our city was ranked as the No. 3 most desirable. But not everyone was a fan, we were also No. 10 on the list of most overrated cities. 🏠 (Home Bay)

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• Increase the total number of homes to 4,300 — with 10% affordable housing.
• Create 97 acres of open space, including River Park.
• Double the retail space to 150,000 sqft.
• Include 1 million sqft of office space.