The goal is to address the worsening local shortage of affordable child care, which is keeping some city workers and residents out of the workforce.
San Diego may give city voters a chance to boost local child care options this November by supporting a ballot measure that would make it legal for 42 city recreation centers to offer child care services.
The city charter says any land dedicated for “park, recreation or cemetery purposes shall not be used for any but park, recreation or cemetery purposes,” unless city voters approve such an exception with at least two-thirds support.The ballot measure, which the City Council’s Rules Committee unanimously endorsed last month, would ask voters to approve such an exception.
The report also found that child care is unaffordable for many families even when they can find a spot, and that more than three-quarters of child care providers are struggling financially. LaCava wants the change limited to allowing child care services at city recreation enters in a limited enough way that rec center space won’t be monopolized by them.
Courtney Baltiyskyy of the county YMCA said the ballot measure would be an opportunity for significant progress in solving the local child care shortage.
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