By Danna Givot

The State Assembly’s Local Government Committee will vote on Senate Bill 79 on Wednesday, July 16. SB 79 will allow 45 to 75 foot tall apartment buildings to be built up to ½ mile from transit (as the crow flies), which can be several miles walking distance from transit across freeways and canyons). You can view a 1 minute video explaining SB 79 here or an 8 minute video here.

State assembly member Chris Ward of San Diego sits on the committee that will vote on SB 79 this Wednesday.  It was Assemblymember Ward who told the Housing and Community Development Committee on July 2nd that the City of San Diego supports SB 79.  But we now know that the supposed support letter from the City of San Diego was drafted and signed by the City’s lobbyist, not an official representative of the City of San Diego