Dear Neighbors,

We are so close to critical mass and yet no one seems to be listening, how do we get their attention and what does it take for someone to admit they might be wrong?

Yesterday I placed a call to the Archstone-Smith’s complex on Fenton Park and was told they have 396 luxury units at that site. I then placed a call to the Portifino, just across the street to the west and they said that they had 736 units at their site. Next I called the La Mirage down the road east on Ambrosia, which is off Santo Road with only one exit, which empties onto Friars Road for their 1410 units.

A few months ago at a Navajo Community Planning Inc. meeting I asked if anyone knew what the percentage of vacancy was for all the condo/apartments from the end of Friars Road to the end of Mission Gorge Road, I was told it was 3%.

Based on the above numbers, 2542 units for just three sites. I am sure we are all aware that there are 100’s of complexes on both sides of the road from the beginning of Friars to the end of Mission Gorge Road and that 20 thousand is a conservative estimated of units for this stretch of land.

Now based on a 3% vacancy rate that would mean that there are at least 600 units empty (when I call each of the above complexes none would disclose their number of vacancies). In addition we have a proposed 2,000 apartment units on Superior Ready Mix redevelopment site and 1,500 more units on the 23 acres south west of the Superior Ready Mix project, and 445 units on the Mission Valley Village Mobile Home Park. That is a total of 3,995 new apartments units in less than a five-mile stretch of property!

We don’t have the infrastructure to support it. We don’t have the emergency services to guarantee safety. We don’t have water. We don’t have classroom space to accommodate the increase in children. There is no rapid transit to support it. It is not smart growth.

There is absolutely no need to close Mission Valley Village Mobile Home Park to replace it with a 445-unit luxury apartment complex. They say they will provide 20% of the apartments to low income families. This may seem generous to some, however, it does not compare to 100% affordable housing for seniors on fixed incomes that already exist there. Currently Mission Valley and the Cliffs mobile home parks provide 500 affordable homes to seniors on fixed incomes.

Please contact your council member and ask them to say No to Archstone-Smith by not allowing the protective zoning Overlay Ordinance to be removed from Mission Valley Village Mobile Home Park. 

scottpeters@sandiego.gov                 
jmadaffer@sandiego.gov                                                       
donnafrye@sandiego.gov
toniatkins@sandiego.gov
bmaienschein@sandiego.gov
benhueso@sandiego.gov
anthonyyoung@sandiego.gov
kevinfaulconer@sandiego.gov

 You can also reach Scott Peters at (619) 236-6611

Thank you for your support. Gloria Hanson, Mission Valley Village Resident

          120 senior and retired grandparents are being threatened with eviction from their homes and community. Archstone Smith a 20 billion dollar corp. is trying to close our park and build 445 luxury apartments and add 900 cars here to the morning and evening commutes of Mission Gorge. This is on top of the 4200 apartments and homes that are going to be built on the mostly empty land next door. Combined these developments will add over 9,000 cars to Mission Gorge each morning and evening! Even allowing 100 cars to pass for each Light Change this will add almost three hours of traffic each day. So helping us is also helping you preserve your community. The Mobile Home Overlay Zoning presently protects our park from development. Archstone must remove this Overlay to be able to build in our park. Our developer friendly Mayor and most of the City Council is siding with Archstone, after all, what does a bunch of low-income old people mean to them.

 Council President Pro Tem Jim Madaffer                                         

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