San Diego judge validates ballot measure to fund Convention Center expansion

San Diego is one step closer to expanding its downtown convention center. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says a judge has validated the project's funding plan.

More than 65% of city voters approved of Measure C, which would raise the city's hotel room tax. Most of the additional revenue would go toward the Convention Center expansion, with smaller amounts earmarked for road repair and homeless services. "After nearly four years of frivolous litigation, the only thing plaintiffs have achieved is to delay the implementation of Measure C and the collection of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that could have been used to address the homelessness problem, modernize the Convention Center, and repair city streets," Elliott said in an emailed statement.




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