[quote=flyer]BG, I admire the fact that you are doing everything you can in your area to at least try to “curb” the growth–much as the citizens of CV did with One Paseo.
With so little buildable land left, builders are definitely desperate these days, and are willing to exploit any scrap of dirt they can find–especially in San Diego.
Places like Playa Vista are great developments, and have a lot to offer. Yet, although friends who are long-time residents of Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach, etc., like having the amenities they offer nearby, they are not looking forward to the added congestion they will bring to the area–especially the beaches–which are already a zoo. I’ll take our beautiful and peaceful Del Mar and Torrey Pines beaches any day compared to that.
Like you, we don’t live near any of these concrete jungles, so, continue your valiant efforts, but also try to enjoy the fact that these developments bring added resources–just far enough away–so that we too can enjoy what they have to offer without sacrificing our way of life.[/quote]flyer, I suspect the real problem with SD North City communities is that their City Council clowns/reps in the past proposed a “City of Villages” theme 10-15 years ago among communities along City’s proposed “transportation corridors.” At this time, a “general plan” was drafted by City and adopted by the City Council and the affected residents really didn’t understand the long-term ramifications of what was being proposed for their communities at that time. Hence, there was a lack of citizen involvement whilst the Council clowns just bulldozed their “General Plan” through the paces.
For example, it was tough for One Paseo opponents (10-15 years after the fact) to recently “fight city hall” on a “general plan” for their area which was adopted in an era when CV had 1/3 to 1/2 the housing (and congestion) they now have. I imagine that a lot of recent opponents to One Paseo either were too young to know about the City’s proposed “General Plan” for their community or were asleep at the switch at the time it was proposed and adopted.
I’m glad to hear that a CV community group was able to get the One Paseo project significantly reduced in size but the fact that it will be built anyway with inadequate parking for its size is still going to create a lot more traffic in an area which is already one of SD’s most notoriously congested communities. The adoption of the One Paseo project speaks volumes as to the non-effectiveness of CV’s lame-duck Councilperson and its community group’s subsequent lack of power in opposing City and Big D. The whole debacle was akin to trying mightily to close a heavy barn door long after the horses ran off, IMO.
