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The problem with San Diego's historic neighborhoods
Cities have to choose between historic preservation that benefits only a small group of people, and increasing the housing supply and fighting climate change that benefits everyone. San Diego should choose housing and the environment!— November 17, 2018 12:42 a.m.
The problem with San Diego's historic neighborhoods
The City staff says they are not required to do the same level of research on properties in potential historic districts as would require for individually designated properties. They also say that the standards for designating properties as contributors to a historic district are lower. Less research means more mistakes, and lower standards for contributors makes it harder for owners to fight designation. The City’s historic preservation program does not benefit the general public. Only a small group of about 100 people make money from the program. The overwhelming majority of people in San Diego don’t care about it, and don’t visit the existing historic districts. We don’t need to spend taxpayer money forcing designation on more owners, especially when historic designation actually hurts the broader community by preventing owners of rundown properties from upgrading them in the most efficient way, or replacing them with new energy efficient buildings that are better for the environment and climate change. It also prevents desperately needed new housing from being built near jobs and public transportation. Designation hurts property owners by lowering the value of their properties, and hurts the City of San Diego by lowering the amount of property taxes the City collects. Lower value properties aren’t likely to be worth much more than their value as rentals, so their owners aren’t likely to save much on their taxes; probably not enough to pay for the added costs of designation, such as being required to pay for building permits for projects that non-designed properties wouldn’t be required to get permits for. Because of the way the Mills Act is written, only owners of expensive properties might, in some situations, save as much as 70%.— November 17, 2018 12:37 a.m.