Lifting Height Limits Won’t Help Affordablility  Below is my Commentary published in the Union Tribune 3/12/2020 San Diego Union-Tribune – Metro – eNewspaperhttps://enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/desktop/sdut/default.aspx?edid=1e0f6670-b77d-417b-93e1-bf186919c5ff 1/2 BY JAMES LAMATTERYShould San Diego eliminate the 30-foot height limit for the 48 acres surrounding theSports Arena site? San Diego doesn’t need any more high-priced luxury high-rise apartment towers financedby Wall Read more about Lifting Height Limits Won’t Help Affordability[…]

The State was forced to relinquish their attempt to allow our voter approved height limit to be overturned, modified, or suspended for ANY reason. As badly as we need housing in San Diego, lifting the height limit is NOT the answer, especially in Sports Arena, Midway and Pacific Highway corridors as it will only **incentivize Read more about Coastal Height Limit Under Attack[…]

Sb330 was signed by Governor Newsom on October 9, 2019.  Fortunately, our La Jolla Response Group was able to secure an amemendment on May 7th to protect the 30 ft Coastal Overlay Height Limit, an oringinal target of the bill. The new bill is a developer give-away with the new provisions that will reduce public review of projects and prevents Read more about sb330 Now The Law![…]

Only Councilwomen Campbell and Bry Had Our Backs Attempt To Amend Plan With Reasonable Compromise Rejected   Despite 5 long years of community input which opted for the low-density option,  retention of existing height limits and requirements that higher thresholds of affordable housing in the Morena Corridor Specific Plan (MCSP) be provided, seven members of Read more about Only Councilwomen Campbell and Bry Had Our Backs[…]

Poster-child For Bad Planning Morena Corridor Plan Approvals Doomed To Fail First, a big THANK-YOU to all community members that sacrificed their day to join us at the August 1st City Council meeting! Despite five-years of intensive community involvement with trying to adopt plans that work, the pro-big development Morena Corridor and the Balboa Specific Plans were approved Read more about Approval of the Morena Corridor Specific Plan Comes As No Surprise[…]

Planning Commission Meeting On Clairemont Density A Warning To Residents Accolades Abound Despite The Reality At the June 27th Planning Commission Meeting, Commissioners lavishly praised the city planning department staff, Susan Mornian (Chair of the Clairemont Plan Update Subcommittee), and the rest of the members of the subcommittee, thanking all for a job well done Read more about Notes From Planning Commission Meeting June 27th[…]

At Wednesday’s community planning group subcommittee meeting, the city planning department attempted to force-feed an additional 5000 housing units to an unrelenting crowd of Clairemont residents.  The community’s pushback deserves attention.  The question in most attendees’ minds was not where to build, but why? California is, and has been, the most populated state in America since 1962. Read more about Update Of Wed 5/29 Community Meeting[…]