** Members of the the Ocean Beach and Point Loma communities arrived in large numbers today at the the City of San Diego Planning Commission hearing. The City of San Diego Planning Commission voted in opposition to development of this nature and in support of the appeal brought before it. Thank you to everyone who came to the hearing to show support or to speak. Articles with more information about the hearing can be viewed here. **
Mark your calendars for AUGUST 29TH, 9 AM. A hearing will be held by the City of San Diego Planning Commission. Attendance at this hearing will help in the efforts to protect the Ocean Beach Community Plan which designated OB as a Historical District.
On August 29th you may speak yourself (1 minute) or cede minutes to others so they can speak longer. You can also attend online or speak online via Zoom. We will have exactly the amount of minutes that we have people there. The attendance at the May 7th Ocean Beach Planning Board was amazing! And comments from speakers were so powerful!
We would like to invite all of OB and Point Loma, people who love OB's small beach town feel and history, and speakers who were so passionate on May 7th to attend the hearing of an appeal going before the City of San Diego Planning Commission. Link for the Planning Commission, re where and how to attend etc.:
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning-commission.
Location, unless scheduled for another location (which could happen -- stay tuned for final location announcement):
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
City Administration Building, 12th Floor
202 C Street
San Diego, California 92101
The Ocean Beach Planning Board voted nearly unanimously in opposition to the issue on May 7th: voting NO against a Complete Community project in OB. Only one board member voted in favor.
Feeling shy and don't want to speak? That's OK! We want to fill the room! You can also attend online or make a phone call in. Details here Planning Commission | City of San Diego Official Website and here Aug. 29, 2024 Hearing (obsandiego92107.com).
You can also submit 200 words and upload a maximum of 5 documents (less than 10 megabytes each) via an online form at this link:
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning-commission/agenda-comment-form
Your comments submitted via these online forms will be reviewed by the Planning Commission. Forms should be submitted by 7 am on 8/29/2024 (day of the hearing) for consideration.
Every action will help, every voice matters, and every minute matters: whether you speak online, submit a form, attend and speak, or attend and cede minutes -- everything will help.
As a result of an appeal filed with the City of San Diego, a hearing will be held by the City of San Diego Planning Commission. The date of the hearing is not yet known. There may be ONLY 3 days notice prior to the date of hearing. If you would like to speak at the hearing, please begin to prepare your comments, presentations, and PowerPoints as soon as you can.
You can also submit 200 words and upload a maximum of 5 documents (less than 10 megabytes each) via an online form at this link:
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning-commission/agenda-comment-form
Your comments submitted via these online forms will be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
The OB Planning Board voted NO on this project at their full board meeting on May 7, 2024. Public comment was heated and there was standing room only and the crowd spilled out into the hallway outside.
Thank you to everyone from Ocean Beach, Point Loma, and from throughout San Diego who attended this meeting.
If we don't do something...
As part of the new Complete Community scheme developed by the Mayor and the City of San Diego and signed into action in January 2024, plans for Big Development in OB are very close to being approved. The plans are for a 0.17 acre lot at the corner of Ebers St. and Point Loma Ave. 4705 Point Loma Ave. Zone is CC-4-2. Project #1086681. 3 stories. 20 units. 8, 9, or 10 parking spots (documents have varied over time). No common outdoor space for the building. Unlimited density.
We are raising our voices in the hope of stopping development unprecedented in OB, unprecedented waivers, and BIG Development from being allowed in OB under this program. OB is a Historical District and current City of San Diego regulations SHOULD PREVENT this project in OB.
Why unlimited density? A special set of regulations under the Complete Communities scheme specifies percentages that are applied to the property square footage of Complete Community projects. With these percentages, waivers, and incentives, a developer can build a dwelling unit (studio or apartment) that is a fraction of what the usual municipal code specifies. The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) usually required for builders is greatly reduced by these Complete Community percentages. The City probably doesn't think anyone is looking at these complex calculations they have put in place for Complete Communities. But people are! Especially OBceans who have a long history of activism. Please visit https://www.sandiego.gov/complete-communities for more information about exactly how these reduced FAR numbers are calculated.
On January 10, 2024 Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order requiring all relevant City departments to review new housing projects under the City’s Complete Communities Housing Solutions program within 30 days and expedite the process of approval. Link for more information on Complete Communities: https://www.sandiego.gov/complete-communities
Pages 6-7 of the City's Housing Solutions Regulations.
Project #1086681 should be denied and the reason is written in
the City of San Diego Housing Solutions Regulations.
Page 6, (b): The regulations in this Division shall not apply to the following types of development:
Page 7, (#6): Development located within a designated historical district.
The Housing Solutions Regulations PDF from the City of San Diego from the Complete Communities website https://www.sandiego.gov/complete-communities is uploaded here and can be viewed below.
There are several things you can do via email or the web, without even leaving the comfort of your home (on that note, your home may still be comfortable at this time because 30 neighbors haven't moved in next door and taken up all the parking in the neighborhood since their 3 story apartment building has no parking). Below are SIX things you can do via email or the web and meetings where your attendance can make a difference.
For more about what you can do: https://obsandiego92107.com/what-you-can-do
1) Email to Register as a Party of Interest for PRJ-1086681
A very simple first thing you can do is email the City of San Diego Project Manager, Christian Hoppe. In your email you should say: Please register me as a Party of Interest for PRJ-1086681.
You can also add any additional concerns or opinions to your email. Once registered, you should receive any updates about the project.
Project Manager, City of San Diego: Christian Hoppe
(619) 446-5293 | CHoppe@sandiego.gov
Additional contact, Supervisor of this project at San Diego Development Services, Sara Osborn.
Development Project Manager, City of San Diego: Sara Osborn
(619) 446-5381 | SOsborn@sandiego.gov
2) Attend the OB Planning Board Meetings.
The Planning Board meeting for the project on Point Loma Ave. and Ebers has now passed and the Planning Board voted NO on this project on May 7, 2024.
Ocean Beach Planning Board Meetings
First Tuesday of every month, 6 pm
Ocean Beach Recreation Center
4726 Santa Monica Ave.
For issues similar to this Complete Communities issue and for other issues that impact the future of Ocean Beach, please attend the Ocean Beach Planning Board meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm, open to the public. The meeting is held at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave.
You don’t have to say anything if you don’t want to, and if you do want to say something you will be able to! Public comment is allowed.
Please check the OB Planning Board website https://oceanbeachplanning.org to see what is on the meeting agenda for the meetings of the full board as well as the Project Review Committee meetings held monthly.
3) Contact the Ocean Beach Planning Board: web form or mail
Website: https://oceanbeachplanning.org
Contact form for the OBPB on their website:
https://oceanbeachplanning.org/contact/
You can submit concerns, opinions, and letters straight to the OBPB using an online form here.
And you can also send a letter via mail:
Ocean Beach Planning Board
4967 Newport Ave #133
San Diego, CA 92107
4) Contact your City Council Representative
Our City Council Representative in OB is Dr. Jennifer Campbell. We can try to spread the word with snail mail, emails, and phone calls to her office.
Councilmember Jennifer Campbell | City of San Diego Official Website
City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell
202 "C" Street, 10th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 236-6622
Email: jennifercampbell@sandiego.gov
5) Use X (what used to be called Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram
This is not to promote Elon Musk and his X. That is a whole other discussion.
Many politicians, activists, lawyers, and others who can make a difference use X, Facebook, and Instagram. Most of our elected officials are using social media platforms including X, Facebook, and Instagram. X is considered by some to be the most widely used social media platform utilized by elected officials.
6) Sign the petition via change.org!
A member of the community started this petition and it obtained over 100 signatures in only a few days. It has obtained hundreds more signatures since it was started.
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