Real Estate
The Mayor Makes Plans to Add 50,000+ Residents and No Infrastructure to Uptown
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Late last year I wrote an article about Todd Gloria’s plans via the Hillcrest Blueprint to add 50,000 residents to the Uptown community. I referred to it as creating “sardine town,” which will not be suitable for human habitation. It will also kill small businesses because the major arteries for entering and departing Uptown will […]
Rival Groups Challenge Uptown and La Jolla CPGs
By Mat Wahlstrom This past month, the City Council’s Land Use and Housing Committee voted to recommend which community planning group (CPG) will better represent the planning areas of La Jolla and Uptown: those currently elected, or those vetted for appointment by the mayor. This represents the culmination of a years-long effort to paint elected […]
So You’re Thinking About an ADU
With San Diego’s aggressive promotion of Auxiliary Dwelling Units (ADUs), the topic of owning rental properties has come up a lot recently. Besides the need for additional housing here (and just about every other major metropolitan area in the country), there are some key advantages to owning rental properties, namely: That said, owning and renting […]
The Destruction of Uptown San Diego – Thanks to Mayor Gloria
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By Bill Walton It’s as if Todd Gloria wakes up every day and asks himself what is the worst thing I can do today for San Diego. This time, in a seemingly endless litany of disastrous choices, Todd Gloria is proposing in his new and singularly revised Plan Hillcrest, another slippery, slimy, and shady real estate […]
Update on California Homeowners Insurance
According to CalFire, roughly 1.6 million acres have burned over the past five years in California. As a result of mounting losses from the increasing wildfire risk, many property insurers have either stopped renewing policies or are limiting their new policies to lower risk areas. Even homeowners in areas rated moderate fire risk have found […]
Opinion: ‘Plan Hillcrest’ Is a Dangerous Dereliction of Duty by San Diego Elected Officials
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by Mat Wahlstrom The consequences of approving Plan Hillcrest for Uptown and all of San Diego will be immediate and devastating. Friday, November 17, was the deadline for submitting public comment on the Plan Hillcrest draft that will be moved forward to the San Diego Planning Commission. Launched in 2020, allegedly to address the 11-acre […]
SB 10 Has Serious Negative Implications Including Inequity and Quality of Life for Minority Neighborhoods
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I’ve decided to raise more concerns about this worthless bill (SB 10) that continues to remind us that someone at city hall and in Sacramento isn’t doing their part to truly understand the impact of creating more extreme density in urban communities. According to an analysis recently published by Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, […]
4th Annual Summer Band Festival Returns to Civita Park
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Kearny Mesa Concert Band and San Diego Concert Band are proud to announce the 4th annual Summer Band Festival in Civita Park in Mission Valley from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 29. The Summer Band Festival is free and open to the public. Featuring eight community bands from throughout the San Diego region, […]