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Refusing to be silenced by City Hall, communities protest massive ADU projects
Two local neighborhoods recently staged impressive protests against multi-unit "Bonus ADU" projects in their communities.
Jicarillo Avenue — On June 22, more than 50 homeowners and renters in Clairemont/Bay Ho rallied against a 12-unit development on Jicarillo Ave near Moraga Ave.
That over-sized project abuts a high-risk fire zone on a sensitive canyon rim. It will have no off-street parking for residents, and like all Bonus ADU projects, it was approved without community input or design review.
Neighbors continue to pledge to fight against the Bonus ADU program, even if they can't stop the Jicarillo Ave project. Their protest was covered by KUSI/Fox5 and other local media.
Shoshoni Avenue — On June 27, KUSI/Fox5 aired an in-depth report on another ADU protest. The focus of that neighborhood's anger is another 12-unit Bonus ADU project on a single-family lot on Shoshoni Avenue near Genesee Avenue, also in Clairemont.
The site is at the end of a very narrow cul-de-sac, and the project will have no off-street parking for up to 24 new residents.
Neighbors voiced legitimate concerns about parking, congestion, and, most importantly, the ability of emergency vehicles to reach houses on their street.
Construction of that backyard apartment complex hasn't started yet, and residents on and around Shoshoni Avenue pledge to do all they can to stop or alter the project.
The KUSI/Fox5 report includes a statement from Councilmember Jen Cambell, who expressed sympathy for the neighbors and raised concerns about the negative impacts of the city's "Bonus ADU" ordinance.
To be clear, Neighbors For a Better San Diego continues to support the California state allowance of a single ADU in the backyard of a residential home. But these Bonus ADU projects result from an ill-conceived and poorly written San Diego ordinance encouraging developers to work every possible angle to their advantage.
The Bonus ADU code is wreaking havoc in single-family-zoned neighborhoods, diminishing opportunities for homeownership, and adding to rising land and rent costs.
Permits are pending on a mega-project that would squeeze 18 units on a single-family lot (8 two-story buildings behind a one-story home with a converted garage).
Another project would pack an astonishing 37 ADUs on a single-family-zoned lot.
Rather than listen to the legitimate concerns of their constituents, San Diego City Councilmembers just made it worse by voting for a provision in the 2024 Land Development Code Update to further relax regulations for ADUs in areas that are least appropriate for this type of development.
As Neighbors For A Better San Diego has emphasized many times, these problems are compounded by City of San Diego’s 2023 approval of the Sustainable Development Area (SDA), which allows dense development like the Bonus ADU program in neighborhoods up to a mile away from transit — including imaginary future transit stops.
This has opened up single-family parcels in environmentally sensitive areas, especially along canyon rims and high-risk fire hazard zones.
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IN THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE VOTE AGAINST CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE WHO SUPPORT BONUS ADU PROJECTS.
Imagine you like other San Diegans who live on a cul de sac and one lot in your cul de sac is permitted to add 12 bonus ADU units, which will add as many as 24 24 new tenants. 24 new neighbors on one lot with NO required parking additions. Do the math: 24 new tenants on one lot = how many cars?
VOTE NO ON CANDIDATES SUPPORTING BONUS ADUs
Restore will of the people back into San Diego local politics. Say no to City Council candidates, who approve drastic housing measures without community input.
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