San Diego Rebuilding Costs to Soar

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As they do after every round of wildfires, thousands of victims are promising to rebuild, but that will be more expensive than it’s been in the past.  Since San Diego’s Cedar and Paradise fires in 2003, the cost of residential construction has been going up by as much as 35 to 45 percent.  

Credits

Guests:

  • Dean Calbreath - Business reporter and Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Alan Gin - Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Diego

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Karen Radziner, Dan Konecky