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By Danna Givot / June 4, 2024 Both the University Community Plan Update and the Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment were approved based on Blueprint San Diego being green-lighted at the same meeting. It is appalling that Blueprint SD was approved at all given that the EIR was only in draft form and the Planning Department…

By Danna Givot / June 4, 2024 Both the University Community Plan Update and the Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment were approved based on Blueprint San Diego being green-lighted at the same meeting. It is appalling that Blueprint SD was approved at all given that the EIR was only in draft form and the Planning Department…

At a Land Use and Housing Committee meeting in 2022, several councilmembers and speakers raised concerns about ADUs actually being built for low income San Diegans

Despite incentives from the City, developers are opting to build units for higher income tenants. By Steve Price / CBS8 / April 4, 2024 Under the City of San Diego’s bonus Accessory Dwelling Unit program, a developer can build more than one ADU on a property as long as every other unit they build on…

By Danna Givot / Times of San Diego / April 2, 2024 The Building Industry Association touts the Complete Communities Now program as ramping up production of more affordable homes, but this deserves a closer look. Complete Communities is not a cure-all for San Diego’s housing problems. [Please see original for important links] As of July…

By Geoffrey Hueter and Danna Givot / Op-Ed San Diego U-T / Dec. 5, 2023 Following the San Diego City Council’s postponement of the Housing Action Package 2.0 on Nov. 13, Mayor Todd Gloria launched a public relations campaign instead of providing thoughtful responses to the valid concerns of the City Council and community members.…

By Neighbors for a Better San Diego After waiting 7 months to see the Planning Department's revisions for the College Area Community Plan Update, many of you were locked out of last night's long-awaited meeting on September 28th, 2022. The meeting materials have been posted to the City's website and we are providing this summary…

After a 5-hour hearing Thursday, June 1, on Mayor Todd Gloria’s Housing Action Plan which would incorporate the implementation of Senate Bill 10, the San Diego Planning Commission decided they needed more time to evaluate the proposal and voted to take it up again on August 3rd. Senate Bill 10 was the prominent source for…

There is a fight going on for the future of San Diego and against the housing policies of Mayor Gloria. And right now, it is intensifying. You can see it in the almost daily letters to the editor at the U-T where angry residents complain about how their neighborhoods are under attack. We saw it…

The proposal from the mayor getting the most attention is a decision to embrace SB 10, a law that essentially allows property owners to replace a single-family home with up to 10 units near public transit.