As we approach the primary and general election for Mayor and the District 3 Council seat, residents of University Heights and other neighborhoods throughout San Diego may be concerned about the increasing proliferation of dense, tall buildings that circumvent approved zoning and community plans. By Kristin Harms, Bill Ellig, and Marc Johnson.

On August 2, 2023, WeAreUH submitted this letter to the Planning Commission as they considered the proposed Housing Action Package 2.0.

City and state leaders, and building proponents in San Diego would like the rest of us to think that the flurry of haphazard construction in our older communities is somehow magically producing the affordable housing required by the state of California. However, the actual number of affordable housing construction starts in San Diego belie this fiction.