Photo: South Bay open space in foreground ( downtown San Diego in background) is being eyed for development, by Eileen Maher, Port of San Diego, Wikimedia
by Scott Andrews
The current push to force mandated high rise apartment buildings into the city’s historic neighborhoods will destroy the family and community fabric that ties us together.
This YIMBY/Sacramento-driven onslaught is now targeting public lands - supposedly set aside areas like Boston Commons where we joined together to fight the British invaders in the Revolutionary War.
Unfortunately the developer lobby and their donations to elected officials create a new danger.
They now want to profit off of our dedicated parks like Mission Bay Park and our public tidelands - the Pacific Ocean shorelines and Bayfronts of Mission Bay and San Diego Bay.
Chula Vista’s new Coastal Commissioner Jose Presciado is aligned with the developers, supporting the hotels, Gaylord Convention Center, and private condos that are replacing potential parks and sports fields on South Bay’s San Diego Bay shoreline.
There is some hope.
Bobby Wallace of the Kumeyaay tribes gave the blessing to launch the recent Environmental Leadership Conference held every year by the Environmental Center of San Diego.
And the Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission Dr. Kate Huckelbridge was willing to listen to the natural public realm activists.
We informed her of - A. the 1,500 condos, luxury hotels and apartments, spas, and paid golf and tennis proposals in the Gaylord, Amara Bay, and proposed Pangaea mega developments that are filling up the 535 acres of public land along the waters of San Diego Bay, and - B. the 900 luxury apartments San Diego city hall wants in dedicated Mission Bay Park.
It looks the public will have to sue the city and corrupt Port to preserve these open public lands from the current political cabal at all levels who is ignoring the Public Trust Doctrine and CA Coastal Act.
