After a big, two-year much-hallooed process by the City of San Diego to "diversity" the 42 existing neighborhood planning groups, only two neighborhoods have had rival groups emerge to contest the re-recognition of the existing group. La Jolla and Uptown. But not the other 40 neighborhoods where panels made up of volunteers from the…
The upstart La Jolla Community Planners Group applies for recognition by the city of San Diego, arguing it would be more diverse and 'bring a fresh new perspective.'
With the city seeking to woo housing developers, its first comprehensive review of historical protections in many years comes as some neighborhoods see such rules as a line of defense against high-density housing.
The city of San Diego this week launched an initiative to update its Heritage Preservation Program to balance such efforts with the need to build new homes.