One of the most important networks of San Diego residents to emerge over the last 6 months is holding its general public monthly meeting tomorrow, Saturday, September 6. It’s the San Diego Community Coalition – a network of over two dozen communities and their leaders and activists.
As they state on their facebook page:
A network of San Diego community activists and leaders from 25 neighborhoods riled up about over-development and its consequences plus the disrespect shown to residents by City Hall.
The Coalition is having its meeting in Clairemont, at the Northminister Presbyterian Church at 4324 Clairemont Mesa Blvd (92117) and it starts at 10am and runs to noon.
Cutting its teeth on pushing the City Council to enact reforms to the disastrous so-called Bonus ADU program, the Coalition works to share knowledge, give support to and help to coordinate all the myriad different neighborhood groups that have formed recently explicitly to push back on City Hall’s housing policies.
There is so much going on right now across the city’s neighborhoods, that one needs a program to keep track of everything.
For example, check all these out:
- Folks in Golden Hill are stirred up and are holding an event on Sunday, Sept. 7 to bring attention to the threats to their community by over-development.
- Residents in Middletown protested a new tower being planned in their area in early August.
- A group in Pacific Beach filed suit against the city and a developer in an effort to block a mega-ADU project of over 100 units.
- People in Encanto are not sitting down despite a recent negative ruling for their area.
- Others in PB organized a rally of hundreds to oppose the Turquoise Tower project proposal of 23 stories.
- Point Loma residents are trying to block the construction of 56 units in a 4 story project immediately next to an elementary school and are hosting a town hall meeting about it all on September 30th.
- Neighbors in Clairemont are mobilizing to oppose a project of 600 units to replace a long-time shopping center.
- People in the College area are outraged over new density limits being pushed on their community by the city.
The Coalition has mobilized its members and supporters to numerous city council and planning commission hearings, in conjunction with other San Diego organizations. And recently, it supported other groups in bringing attention to the horrific designs of Senate Bill 79.
Run by a Steering Committee that meets monthly and works at being very transparent, the Coalition is just beginning to flex its collective muscle.
Come check it out. Its general meetings are open to the public.
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