[quote=flu]I voted against it not because I’m against development completely, but I think this should be decided by the voters rather than just a city council, because obviously enough people object to it. This is how it should have been done anyway. Neighborhood decides and has an input, not some elitist developer and a few chosen city council people. I wouldn’t mind a scaled down version of One Paseo. And Kilroy has plenty of office space just vacant all along El Camino Real in Carmel Valley that has been unfilled for years.[/quote]I go back and forth about this. On one hand, I do want to voters to make the final decision. But on the other hand, I think most voters are not aware and informed about what their vote will affect 20-30 years from now. Which is why it’s actually important to have a holistic city plan. You can’t have a self sustaining public transit without density. But you can’t have density unless you change how SD is build. SD is almost built out with nothing more than suburban sprawl. So, public transit won’t have enough ridership to be self sustaining.
I bet most of the people who don’t like One Paseo would love One Paseo to be another strip mall just like the strip mall across the street. There’s nothing wrong with that, if that’s what you want. But then 20 years from now, SD will be exactly like LA. You can’t stop the city from growing. So, when you limit more density, builder will continue to build out instead of up. Then you’d have grid lock in all directions all the time.
