‘Limited to no impact’: Why a pro-housing group says California’s pro-housing laws aren’t producing more
One California law was supposed to flip defunct strip malls across California into apartment-lined corridors.
Another was designed to turn under-used church parking lots into fonts of new affordable housing.
A third would, according to supporters and opponents alike, “end single-family zoning as we know it.”
San Diego Unified to vote on resolutions providing housing to educators
By Jemma Stephenson | jemma.stephenson@sduniontribune.com | The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Unified School District board on Tuesday will consider three resolutions aimed at providing affordable housing to educators that would allow them to live in the community where they work.
“Neighborhood schools should have neighborhood teachers,” said Cody Petterson, school board president, at a news conference Monday to unveil the proposals. “A society that prices teachers out of the communities in which they teach has lost its way.”
Petterson said that with 969 staff retiring this year, the school district will lose many of the last teachers who could afford to live in the communities that they taught in.
Kyle Weinberg, president and education workforce housing committee member of the San Diego Education Association, said that living in the same area as students helps bridge the gap between teachers and students. It informs how they teach and adapt their teaching to meet the needs of their students.
“And without that community connection, we’re never going to be able to maximize student success in the classroom,” he said.
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San Diego City Council sends back item to repeal Bonus ADU Program
SAN DIEGO — San Diego's ADU program took center stage at city hall Tuesday, as council members considered directing city staff to explore potentially repealing the program.
In a 6-3 vote, the item, that would explore potentially repealing the ADU bonus program, was sent back to city staff. This came after hours of public comment and discussion.
Opposition to ADUs growing in Pacific Beach
Opposition to accessory dwelling units continues to grow as Pacific Beach residents name multiple projects they say are wrong for their community.
Around 60 residents filled the Crown Point Junior Music Academy’s auditorium for the Feb. 19 Pacific Beach Town Council meeting to discuss recent building developments and efforts to block the construction of the proposed 22-story Vela project on Turquoise Street.
But that project is not the only large multi-unit housing project to which they object. They say developments on small lots are stretching the City of San Diego’s ADU bonus program beyond recognition.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Marcella Bothwell, a PB Town Council director who is also the PB Planning Group chair and also chairs the non-profit Neighbors for a Better California, an advocacy group for responsible planning.
Can density bonus laws work?
An in-depth report from the Coast News Group asks whether the state’s high-density bonus projects - like the proposed Moonlight Apartments in Encinitas - are striking the right balance for solutions to solve the housing crisis. The article reflects the debate raging across the state.