SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego City Council Tuesday approved a citywide Parks Master Plan that prioritizes funding for park-deficient and historically underserved communities.
The new plan, which replaces a previous planning document crafted more than 65 years ago, is intended to make the city’s park system more modernized, equitable and accessible for all residents.
“I’m committed to ensuring that all San Diegans have access to high- quality parks,” Mayor Todd Gloria said. “The Parks Master Plan update will help prioritize park investments where they’re needed most in park-deficient and historically underserved communities and ensure that these parks can be safely accessed and enjoyed by all.”
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San Diego is expected to receive more than $259.4 million from the state’s recently approved $262.6 billion budget to fund projects and programs throughout the city.
The funding will pay for everything from renovations to aging city infrastructure to expanding homelessness programs to repairing the Ocean Beach Pier to funding new developments in science and education.
“These are dollars . are going to help us tackle some of our short-term challenges resulting from the pandemic and our economic downturn, as well as our long-standing challenges that we have wanted to tackle here in San Diego,” said Mayor Todd Gloria.
San Diego’s elected officials joined Gloria Wednesday morning at the entrance of the Ocean Beach pier, which secured $8.4 million from the state for repairs. That would be enough money for immediate repairs, but it amounts to a fraction of the estimated costs of long-term improvements or replacement of the pier, which a consultant estimated a
Some of the notable projects include $8.4 million for repairs to the Ocean Beach pier, $50 million for San Diego’s Pure Water project, $18 million for clean energy storage at San Vicente Reservoir and $3.1 million for Chollas Creek, in addition to $27.3 million to combat homelessness, the press release states.
More details about the windfall will be announced at the OB Pier at 9 a.m. on Wednesday by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, State Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, who represents San Diego s own District 39 in Sacramento, and other local luminaries.
The funding, while not enough to replace the aging structure, will go a long way toward remedying its most pressing problems.
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