Allowing three-story, lot-filling apartment blocks is hardly the “gentle density' claimed by proponents of the drastic change
Much of the commentary following the rejection and removal of the proposed Senate Bill 10 implementation from Mayor Todd Gloria’s Housing Action Package has focused on the imagined outcomes of SB 10 rather than looking at the specifics of the proposed regulations.
Unfortunately, the Planning Department did not study the parameters of these building forms in creating its proposed regulations. Instead, San Diego supersized its SB 10 implementation to allow three-story, lot-filling apartment blocks. This is not “gentle density” as proponents keep claiming; this is greater than the built density of most of San Diego’s current apartment and townhouse zones.
Not only would SB 10 decrease the inventory of detached for-sale homes, but it also would particularly target small starter homes, which, from the perspective of investors, provide the highest return on investment when throwing away an existing home and replacing it with high-density apartments. Would-be first-time homeowners, who cannot afford to compete with investors for these properties, are forced to remain renters.
Up until the Aug. 3 Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Department was still throwing out ideas about how to make SB 10 work, without understanding or addressing its fundamental problems. By state law, implementation of SB 10 is irreversible. Given this prohibition against fixing our mistakes, we should not be experimenting with SB 10.
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