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on The Overdevelopment of Clairemont Mesa and Kearny Mesa: “Let’s consider two alternatives to “excessive apartment building”. Alternative number 1: every new worker, child, family, or retiree that wants…” Aug 19, 23:11
on Richard Bailey Wants to Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical San Diego City Workers: “Robert Awesome response and you nailed it. There would few people more biased than Mr Zucchet. His advocacy position renders…” Aug 19, 23:10
on The Overdevelopment of Clairemont Mesa and Kearny Mesa: “I don’t fault you, Robert! You caught just a snapshot. And weekends there are far fewer cars parked all over…” Aug 19, 20:37
on The Overdevelopment of Clairemont Mesa and Kearny Mesa: “Thank you for your comment. You make an often overlooked point when you noted that “it’s hard to fathom any…” Aug 19, 17:31
on The Overdevelopment of Clairemont Mesa and Kearny Mesa: “Thank you for taking the time to share these photos. I think the city is acknowledging that overbuilding of market…” Aug 19, 17:20
on The Overdevelopment of Clairemont Mesa and Kearny Mesa: “A great overview of pretty expensive extreme densification happening on Kearny Mesa and Clairemont Mesa. Excellent documentation with photos and…” Aug 19, 15:43
on The Guys Who Named the Sunset Cliffs Surf Breaks: “I’m a San Diego local and MY generation started in 1976. I made a sign for my house that said…” Aug 19, 14:43
on San Diego Lawmakers Are Plotting Legislation that Would Totally Exempt Midway Rising From State Environmental Review: “So if I understand this correctly, however the reviewers (DSD, City Council, etc?) interpret both CEQA and the interpretation of…” Aug 19, 13:42
on Award-Winning Girls’ Softball Coach at Point Loma High and His Entire Coaching Staff Fired Abruptly: “Yay, finally, the UT picked up the story (for their sports page)– and of course no mention or credit of…” Aug 19, 12:58- on San Diego Lawmakers Are Plotting Legislation that Would Totally Exempt Midway Rising From State Environmental Review: “Today, Voice of San Diego had this to say about their article on the new bill for Midway Rising: Correction:…” Aug 19, 12:52
Let’s see how long Elo stays for Public Comment
With all due respect to Shane Harris as an advocate for citizens and his admirable efforts, we need to repeal any action that allowed parking fees, whether parking lots or meters, in and around Balboa Park. Free parking on Sundays is a concession that might possibly be approved by Council and Mayor at the expense of a more sweeping action to remove all parking fees of any kind in and around Balboa Park. We need a ballot measure, that if approved, puts on the books, forever, that Balboa Park remains “free” in all respects, and there shall be no paid parking within a particular zone around BP. FYI, there is proposed residential parking permits to: 1. Establish Residential Parking Permit Areas for Sundays in Downtown, Uptown, and Mid-City’s parking meter zones; 2. Determine that residents that live in the area and live within two blocks, (specifically two street segments) of a parking meter are eligible for such permits which will cost $141 annually. Council meeting agenda item for 1/27/26.
I love the idea of a ballot measure to ensure free parking in the park. It should extend to all parks and beaches in San Diego. If you could get it on the ballot, I think there is a very good chance it would pass.
Most private sector companies perform a Price Elasticity Study when determining the cost of their product. Simply put, they study the demand for their product at varying price levels to determine the optimization of price and demand. In the city’s case it would study how many people would visit the park at varying prices. Polls show that many San Diegans are sympathetic to the city’s budget challenges. Had the city performed such a study it’s likely a cost could have been established that most visitors would have been willing to pay. And it could have been a single cost for all ( $2 per hour, $5 for four, etc) eliminating all the drama and confusion.