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Just like protesters since the dawn of time, now is our chance to have our voice heard.

Just like so many before us, there is the chance to win and the chance for peace.  A chance to keep OB a small beach town and a part of California history.   But wait a minute -- that was already granted to us.  Status as a Historical District was already given to us by the City of San Diego and granted in the OB Community Plan.  

Wouldn't it be nice to keep the palm trees that are already tall and established at 4705 Point Loma Ave., instead of bulldozing them down?  Does every resident and business in the area deserve to now fight for parking?  Then there is the drainage and sewage that are already a mess.  The list goes on.  

In San Diego so much is being overturned, built, remodeled, redesigned, re-schemed.  I can barely keep up with it all.  There is a time to maintain parts of our past, to preserve history.  And that time is now.  To maintain what exists and to nurture it.  Especially with a beach one block a way and the entire stretch of Sunset Cliffs two blocks away.  CEQA has been ignored.  Why and how is this happening?  

-- Anonymous

What are we going to do about the desperate conditions in San Diego?  This City seems to get worse and worse.  

We are surrounded by politicians, business men and women, developers, and construction companies whose business agendas do not align with the wishes of many whose homes, families, and lives are HERE.

The existence of 1 little bus stop that is the stop for 1 bus only, the 923, that doesn't even run on the weekends has turned all municipal code for development upside down.  1 little bus has now turned the whole neighborhood upside by making the property at the corner of Ebers and Point Loma Ave. eligible to be a Complete Community.  1 little bus has thrown out the need to uphold CEQA.  As the future for our fragile coast line, threatened oceans, and suffering global environment paint a picture of a dismal future in the midst of climate change, CEQA has been thrown out the window with total disregard.  These Complete Communities are exempt from CEQA and exempt from environmental studies that every other person in San Diego has to navigate for his or her home and property.   And I do ride the bus, for those who may wonder what I could possibly have to say about buses.  Sometimes I ride the 923 that starts on Point Loma Ave. and goes down town.  Along the way I see the other bus stops that service 5 buses total.  I wonder how 1 little bus can over turn so much existing municipal code.  

The list goes on and on of the many significant issues associated with high density development in what has been a quaint and comfortable community for decades.   And not just quaint and comfortable.  A piece of history.  Officially designated by the City of San Diego as historical.  A slice of history with black and white photos from the early 1900s that capture moments before San Diego was barely a city.   Photos showing a small little beach town not so different from how OB is today.  It is a classic California beach town that can not be manufactured artificially and must be preserved as a slice of history that would disappear if not maintained.   It is a special place where the flower child can still be a flower child and the millionaire can own a million dollar home.   

Every last little cottage in 92107 should be considered historical.  Every building, every street lamp, every tree, every church, every cafe, every restaurant, every business of service, and every street.  Every grain of sand on the beach is part of the fabric of this beach town which is so special for so many reasons, and which so many forces in opposition are threatening to annihilate.

-- Anonymous