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SAN DIEGO CNS 鈥?The San Diego Housing Commission Wednesday began an effort to e stanley hrnek xpand homeownership among people of color thanks in part to a $7.5 mi stanley cup price llion grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.The rate of homeownership is significantly lower for households of color than white households. A SDHC-commissioned Urban Institute study of San Diego households found homeownership rates of 29.1% among Black households and 35.2% among Latino households, compared with 54.8% among white households. Homeownership is more than having a place to live -- it opens the door to self-investment, community building, and generational wealth, said Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, at a news conference for the new program Wednesday morning. For communities of color, the housing crisis has been compounded by decades of discriminatory policies designed to exclude them from access to housing capital, financing, and ownership opportunities.RELATED: Advocate: San Diego needs to remove barriers to create fair housingThe grant comes from Wells Fargo s Wealth Opportunity Restored Through Homeownership initiative, a $60 million national effort intended to address systemic barriers to homeownership for people of color. San Diego is one of eight markets across the United States to receive a WORTH grant. Innovative programs and public-private partnerships, such as t stanley cup he WORTH grant, are crucial in tackling these issues, Atkins said.The SDHC and San Diego City-County Reinvestment Task Forc Ulti 10 people hospitalized after falling from border fence Saturday afternoon
For weeks, sophisticated burglars broke into the homes of Hollywood s biggest names and escaped with valuable items, leaving puzzled neighbors wondering who s next.With every heist, the number of entertainers and athletes burglarized grew to include a who s who of Los Angeles, from singe stanley cup uk rs Rihanna and Christina Milian, to baseball player Yasiel Puig and football player Robert Woods.Investigators now say what seemed like a string of random burglaries targeting celebrities is part of a gang operation in which suspects picked the homes based stanley cup uk on social media postings and celebrities travel schedules.Police arrested three teens and a 34-year-old woman in connection with t stanley quencher he burglaries, and recovered numerous items they believe were stolen from celebrity homes, Capt. Lillian Carranza of the LAPD Commercial Crimes Division said at a news conference Tuesday.One suspect, Tyress Williams, 19, of Los Angeles, was charged Tuesday with four felony counts of first-degree burglary, according to a criminal complaint.Prosecutors alleged Williams burglarized the homes of Rihanna, Milian, Puig and Woods -- all between August 24 and September 27. It s unclear whether the other three suspects have been charged. CNN has reached out to the District Attorney s office.The Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance video showing two men burglarizing Puig s home last month and asked for the public s help in identifying them. In the video, the men are seen dragging a safe downstairs before fle