The San Diego Community Coalition publishes this email bulletin to keep our members and the general San Diego public informed about important Council and Planning Commission hearings and other city public meetings.
Monday, June 8: City Council, 10:00 a.m.
Items 600, 601, 602, 639, 643, 644: Proclamations
Why it matters: We must ask again for an explanation of how and why honorees are chosen. The last three were added to a very packed agenda in the last few days. The last two (including a Scripps Health administrator who is a Rotary Club officer) have no supporting documents. Everyone agrees that Council meetings run too long. These performative agenda items add extra time but little civic substance.
Item 613: 2026 Update to the San Diego Municipal Code (Land Development Code)
Why it matters: Staff report notes that one of the amendments “would increase … the City Council appeal fee [on project and environmental appeals] from $1,000 to $2,380, based on the unreimbursed staff time required to process and hear the appeals.” This would shut out public input by more than doubling the public access fees to get a hearing before the City Council. The San Diego Democratic Party’s Environmental Club has appealed the proposal.
Monday, June 8: City Council, 2:00 p.m.
Item 640: Reduction of Solid Waste Management Fee in Fiscal Years 2028 and 2029
Item 641: Repeal Balboa Park Paid Parking User Fee
Why it matters: These two items constitute a settlement of a lawsuit against the City’s bait-and-switch trash fees. The City agreed to scale back the trash fees. As an unexpected bonus, it will restore free parking in Balboa Park starting January 1, 2027. Background:
Tuesday, June 9: City Council, 1:00 p.m.
Item 704: Approval of the City’s 2027 Budget
Why it matters: One of the most contentious budget cycles in recent memory is expected to wrap up with the announcement of the restoration of arts funding including $6 million from the City treasury and $3 million from the Prebys Foundation. Background:
Tuesday, June 9: San Diego Housing Authority, 2:00 p.m.
From Robert Campbell in Encanto:
“The 2025 settlement in the Patrice Baker vs City of San Diego lawsuit strictly limits the concentration of new affordable housing projects in the city's low-resource areas. Yet, the Housing Commission (SDHC) continues [to] directly undermine the state Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) law and the explicit terms of the Baker settlement. In the SDHC presentation for Item #705 on Tuesday's agenda, the two projects they highlight on page 8 of their report are both located in census tracts that score 1 of 9 points for opportunity, making them solidly low-resource. No other affordable housing is highlighted in the report, and [there is] no mention of AFFH or resource opportunity.”
Tuesday, June 9: “Homes for All of Us” Forum
Mayor Todd Gloria’s ’s Planning Department is hosting a June 9 “community input” meeting on his “Homes for All of Us” initiative on Tuesday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Malcolm X Library at 5148 Market Street in Valencia Park. Space is limited, and the link for advance registration is no longer active (we’ll find out why and report back).
Background:
Thursday, June 11: Land Use and Housing Committee, 1:00 p.m.
Item 3: Resolution Supporting Assembly Bills 1903, 1406, and 1070 Aimed at Expanding Homeownership
Why it matters: These three bills are aimed at boosting condominium production by changing how construction defect claims are handled (1903), dismantling consumer protections for condo buyers (1406), and relaxing building code standards on multifamily housing projects (1070).
In-person: Council and Housing Authority, 202 C St.,
To participate via Zoom and submit written comments, click on the meeting agenda and
