Cup of Chisme: About Those Protesters

Cup of Chisme: About Those Protesters

When City Hall reporter Mariana Martínez Barba made it to Council Chambers this week to cover a proposal to tax empty second homes and vacation rentals, she spotted dozens of people in light blue shirts. Some were holding signs that had some version of this: “Keep San Diego affordable: Say no to the rental tax.” She started asking questions. “We arrived from Los Angeles yesterday,” a woman told Martínez Barba in Spanish. The woman said she had r…