http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/o…
The opposition got 110,000 signatures. When the signatures are vetted, the board of supervisors will vote to rescind the project or put it to voters in 2020. More to come. — October 18, 2018 11:20 a.m.
Container homes shipping into Logan Heights
Mike Murphy, good point. Especially since the apartment building is being put in where the pervious structure burned down. There seems to be a lot of interest in using this material for granny flats. They are keeping the look of the containers on this project, but one could cover it up so it doesn't look like shipping containers at all. No one I talked to in the city could think of any other projects like this one in the county. But both the city or county told me they don't track projects via materials used. Here's the layout of the apartments: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2019/m…— March 13, 2019 9:42 a.m.
Interview with a Balboa Park transient
Exactly.— March 13, 2019 9:38 a.m.
A tree survives in Bay Park
Here's the tree in 1970 clipped from a city video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJuk2IpJQsA&featu… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2019/m…— March 9, 2019 9:18 a.m.
Interview with a Balboa Park transient
This encounter was part of a larger article about transients living in the bridge. My editor cut out this little slice included in that article and made it this separate article. Agreed, more detail would have been better. Here's the link to the main article: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/aug/17/s…— March 7, 2019 8:45 a.m.
Zapf's Swampland aka Cate's Litter Box
Have you experienced the real cranky beggar at Clairemont/Balboa? He calls the ladies names when they don't give him money. Every nasty name you can think of he has used. Maybe time for panhandler charm school?— March 5, 2019 1:26 p.m.
Airbnb vans invade San Diego streets
Oh good, this story has been a long time coming. The van's on Airbnb have been going on for years. Especially in OB. Twice, I had people willing to go on the record about renting their vans out on Airbnb, but they both pulled out the last minute. With the recent change, this will probably be more of a thing, especially on the beaches. Curious if those pimped out Van Diego vans will hit the Airbnb. Also how the upcoming Airbnb rules will impact van rentals. This one young guy that lives in his van so he can travel the world, he had to move out of OB not because of being hassled by the police as much as it was getting too scary with some of the homeless people that had moved into OB. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/feb/23/s…— March 4, 2019 1:14 p.m.
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/o… The opposition got 110,000 signatures. When the signatures are vetted, the board of supervisors will vote to rescind the project or put it to voters in 2020. More to come.— October 18, 2018 11:20 a.m.
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
"No on Newland Sierra" petition gatherers were out in force today.— October 11, 2018 5:20 p.m.
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
There are many factors and you name a huge one, wages for the average worker in San Diego don't keep up with the cost of living in San Diego. As far as the housing being affordable at Newland Sierra. This is an exchange at June's planning commission hearing that was interesting (about not requiring Newland Sierra to have affordable housing): There was a lot of back and forth between planning commissioner Michael Beck and county staff about how they interpreted policy he took as straightforward. When it came to county staff answering his questions, there was often a lot of preamble before getting to the answer and even then, further clarification was sometimes needed. One example is when Beck pointed to 2-1/2 lines (H-1.9) in the general plan that requires developers requesting a general plan amendment for large-scale residential projects to provide affordable housing. County staff said it wasn't "legally feasible" to either require affordable housing or in-lieu fees because the county doesn't have an ordinance. Assembly Bill 1505 took effect in January 2018 making it easier for cities and counties to establish inclusionary housing requirements via ordinance if they want. H-1.9: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/generalplan.ht… 1505: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavC… Beck expressed his frustration several times at language in the general plan he saw as straightforward that "the public thought meant something" and was being ignored because the county said "those words are not as clear as they seem to be."— September 27, 2018 9:30 a.m.
San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla
Statement from Tiffany Yap of the Center for Biological Diversity after the hearing: “The board’s approval of Newland Sierra sets the stage for the destruction of over a thousand acres of pristine wildlife habitat. This ill-conceived development will evict imperiled animals, level a beautiful hillside and create more sprawl in a region already struggling with smog and traffic. Destroying a beautiful wild place to put people far from their jobs and at risk of wildfire is not the solution to the housing challenges facing San Diego County.”— September 26, 2018 6:09 p.m.