Tag: Neighbors for a Better San Diego
A Dysfunctional City with Questionable Leadership
It’s really very sad when we get to this place in our lives when we lose total faith in the people who are running our city. San Diego used to be a great place to live. We used to trust the people we elected to act on our behalf. Transparency existed and businesses thrived. People […]
Neighbors Coming Together for a Common Cause – To Save Neighborhoods
Today it is very easy to see that our world has become divided. Most of us can agree that at the heart of this are people who make it their goal to create this division. They aspire to confuse, to control, and to manipulate…the world and our neighborhoods. Being the daughter of hardworking, blue-collar […]
Elected Officials Are Facing Serious Push Back From Their Constituents
We have a major dilemma on our hands. As taxpaying members of the City of San Diego and State of California, it should be obvious that the people currently in office have closed their eyes and ears to their constituents. Here in San Diego, many of us are faced with the reality that our elected […]
Can the State Disregard Voter-Approved Protections for Our Coast?
By Paul Krueger Let’s agree that San Diego needs more housing for our low, very low, and homeless residents. But plans for a 60-unit, 60-foot-high apartment complex in Pacific Beach should be subject to vigorous debate, and – if appropriate – a legal challenge. That’s because the proposed project is west of Interstate 5, in […]
No Trees, No Parking, No Set-Backs, and No Affordable Rental Units
by Paul Krueger, Talmadge resident and volunteer with Neighbors For A Better San Diego Is this $2.4 million residential “compound” a poster-child for all that’s wrong with San Diego’s housing and development policies? The listing boasts of the “incredible income opportunity for an investor” on a “tree lined street in the historic district of Talmadge” […]
Affordable Housing at What Cost
by Paul Krueger A new definition of “affordable housing”: $2,000 monthly rent for a 480 square-foot, one- bedroom, one-bathroom ADU. Building industry consultant admits it’s “absurd, from the stand-point of affordability” The permit application for a multi-unit rental complex on a single-family lot confirms that two of the apartments will be reserved for an affordable […]
Homeowners and Residents Across the State Protest SB10
By Danna Givot From San Diego to Mt. Shasta, homeowners and their representatives are speaking out against the state legislature’s ill-conceived effort to eliminate single-family zoning. I’m adding my voice to that tidal wave of opposition because I’m convinced that SB 10 also presents an ethical and probably indefensible legal problem for our elected officials. […]
The Magical City Hall Construct of “Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing”
On June 17, 2021, NBC 7 San Diego’s Artie Ojeda interviewed the chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego (NFABSD) about San Diego’s destructive new ADU/JADU zoning ordinance. The City of San Diego was quoted in the article, “ADU’s and JADU’s are an effective, successful source of naturally occurring affordable housing.” Within an hour […]
San Diego Sold To the Highest Bidder
There is this impression, as I talk to people in San Diego and around the country, that our fine city has been put on an auction block for speculators who are willing to pay the highest price for changing the character of our city. Unfortunately, as alarming as that might be, it is potentially true. […]
