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SDCS Conversations
If Budget Were no Problem, What Would
be the Area in Which You Would Focus Attention and Improvements?
By
Lynne
Baker
Excellent transit is the single most important infrastructure
that will support growth in existing neighborhoods,
particularly growth in multi-family / entry level housing
(the type of housing shown to represent over 50% of
our current need). Successfully completing a transit
system allows people to move about and ease traffic
congestion, freeing the roadways for movement of goods
and services. This also supports public health and safety
(pedestrian environment and eyes on the street). It
also serves many who must now be driven, eliminating
duplicate trip generation. More
By
Hank Cunningham
To me, nothing ranks higher than affordable housing
in support of our bourgeoning high-tech economy. Even
in San Diego's "blighted" redevelopment areas
single-family housing pricing are approaching $300K.
This with a County AMI of only about $60K (and much
lower in the areas of greatest need). The math here
is very discouraging, and doesn't even begin to address
the unaffordability of rental units anywhere in the
city. Infrastructure in our oldest urban neighborhoods
is antiquated and worn-out with no real hope of financing
it's replacement and upgrade. The U.S./Mexico border
is in complete gridlock negating any reality to our
bi-national economic development initiatives. "South
of 8" must share in the prosperity of our 21st
Century economy. Without playing the free-spending bureaucrat,
I feel that San Diego needs to invest in re-building
it's urban core (and I'm not talking about downtown,
which for all intents and purposes has been successfully
completed).
By
Kim Kilkenny
A couple years ago, I prepared a quick and dirty policy
talking paper addressing San Diego’s urban form,
and related issues including facility financing, affordable
housing, open space and facility deficiencies. The attached
two draft documents were prepared to try to establish
a set of principles defining Smart Planning (a term
I prefer to Smart Growth). Once agreed upon, the principles
can guide the evaluation of various land planning, facility
planning and funding programs currently under consideration
throughout the region. The two documents are (1) a “Policy
Analysis” and a (2) “Smart Planning Principles
Matrix”. More
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