Stay tuned for updates about upcoming City of San Diego meetings voting on Preservation and Progress Package A, and stay tuned for Webform links for submitting written comments prior to those meetings:
Residents of Ocean Beach would like to uphold the original wording of Ordinance 21275 protecting Ocean Beach as a Historical District. We oppose Preservation and Progress Package A.
Ordinance 21275 dated 12/9/2020 can be read here:
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/ordinance-21275.pdf
Preservation and Progress Package A, Report No. PC-25-051, dated 10/30/2025 can be read here: https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/item-1-pc-25-051-preservation-and-progress-package-a_0.pdf
We oppose the proposed amendment for SDMC §143.1002 (b) 6 (A), concerning Ocean Beach. The proposed amendment for SDMC §143.1002 concerning Ocean Beach is a key and controversial part of City Planning's "Preservation and Progress Package A."
This modification is an amendment to the Complete Communities Housing Solutions (CCHS) Regulations and is designed to counteract a previous ruling that protected Ocean Beach from high-density development.
The original Complete Communities regulations prohibited the use of the density bonus incentives in a designated historical district.
The proposed changes seek to add a specific exception that targets the Ocean Beach area:
Ocean Beach residents in opposition to a proposed high-density project in OB were successful in 2024 with an appeal brought before the Planning Commission .
The proposed Amendment to SDMC §143.1002 proposed by City Planning would change the Municipal Code and targets Ocean Beach and Mission Hills.
Subject: Preservation and Progress Package A.
Report to the Planning Commission, dated 10/30/2025. This is a 112 page PDF document: https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/item-1-pc-25-051-preservation-and-progress-package-a_0.pdf
These modifications would be detrimental to Ocean Beach:
The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Package A in November 2025, and Package A is scheduled to proceed for review to the Land Use and Housing Committee and City Council soon after.
Dates and times for upcoming City meetings voting on Package A are TBD, but you can start to think about things you might want to say during public comment. Or what you would write in a written statement submitted online on a Webform.
You can also get involved with community-based groups and organizations:
And, you can call and email Land Use and Housing Committee members and City Council Representatives.
On Saturday, November 22nd at 10 am the newly formed advocacy group -- San Diego United Communities -- will be holding a very powerful city-wide press conference with several community leaders making major announcements. It is crucial that we pack the house and send a strong message to San Diego Leadership that "we have had enough and need to be heard with respect and that we are now all united to call out all bogus policies." If you missed the first Town Hall for this group you can view it here: https://youtu.be/GpMtFZWjTXQ?si=UL5f4P9eEI84ljpx
The location for the meeting on 11/22/25 is at 2935 "A" Street in Golden Hill.
The reason for this location is in hopes that the Preserve Greater Golden Hill group can develop their case further with their upcoming lawsuit hearing against a Complete Communities project in this neighborhood. A TRO was recently issued by court order for a proposed project in Golden Hill.
Saturday 11/22/25: The organizers of this rally ask that you: "Please bring all your signs, spread the word, and help us make this one of the most powerful events in San Diego." For more information on San Diego United Communities, please visit the website and social media links below or email via the email address below:
Website: https://sandiegounitedcommunities.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583526002980
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandiegounitedcommunities/
Email: sandiegounitedcommunities@gmail.com
The Ocean Beach Historical Society monthly meeting was held at 7 pm. Speakers from Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) and Coastal Caretakers gave updates on next steps in protest of Preservation and Progress Package A.
San Diegans from throughout San Diego, including many residents and leaders from OB, are preparing for two upcoming meetings (in December and January) regarding City Planning's Progress and Preservation Package A. The vote of the Planning Commission in support of the plans occurred on November 6th after a long morning of public comment. It is unfortunate that several points that were made at the meeting of the Planning Commission appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Stay tuned for information about upcoming community meetings and City meetings.
On TV and in the news this week:
San Diego Considering Changes to Historic Preservation Rule
Fox 5 San Diego, 11/4/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52MBvtjzVRY
Citizen Planners Vote Against 'Complete Communities' Policy Being Applied to Ocean Beach
The OB Rag, 11/5/25
Rigging the Rules: How the City of San Diego Undermines Its Own Historic Resources Board
The OB Rag, 11/6/25
Where We Build, and How We Build, Matters
The OB Rag, 11/6/25
https://obrag.org/2025/11/where-we-build-and-how-we-build-matters/
Planning Commission Votes for 'Reforms' Which Undermine Ocean Beach's Historic District
The OB Rag, 11/7/25
OBceans are preparing for a meeting of the San Diego Planning Commission on November 6, 2025. 9 AM.
ADDRESS
Development Services Department
Edric Doringo Hearing Room – “The Edric”
7650 Mission Valley Rd.
San Diego, California 92108
ZOOM LINK
https://sandiego.zoomgov.com/j/1609440367
SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning-commission/agenda-comment-form
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING COMMISSION HEARINGS
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA for 11/6/2025, 9 am:
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/pc-agenda-11-6-2025-final.pdf
Proposed Actions :
1) RECOMMEND to the City Council APPROVAL of a resolution adopting the amendments to the Historic Preservation Element and Appendix F of the General Plan (Attachment 1).
2) RECOMMEND to the City Council APPROVAL of an ordinance amending the San Diego Municipal Code (SDMC) by amending Chapter 11, Article 1, Division 2; Chapter 12, Article 3, Division 2; and Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 10 (Attachment 2).
3) RECOMMEND to the City Council APPROVAL of a resolution amending the purpose and intended use of the City’s Historic Preservation Fund to advance equity in historic preservation through the identification and preservation of historical resources important to traditionally underrepresented and marginalized communities, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) communities, and to provide financial assistance to very low- and low-income owners of historic properties to help fund maintenance and restoration work (Attachment 3).
REPORT NO. PC-25-051. Subject: Preservation and Progress Package A.
Report to the Planning Commission, dated 10/30/2025. This is a 112 page PDF document.
HOW TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING
HOW TO CEDE MINUTES
SPEAKING VIRTUALLY
** The City of San Diego is attempting to remove the designation of Ocean Beach as Historical. Currently Ocean Beach is designated as a Historical Community. **
Recent news:
** 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.
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.
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