'... this feels like a personal attack,' said Paloma Aguirre, a coastal commissioner who is also the mayor of Imperial Beach.
"... this feels like a personal attack," said Paloma Aguirre, a coastal commissioner who is also the mayor of Imperial Beachreleased a 34-page report A Better Coastal Commission, aimed at highlighting, what it claims, are delays caused unnecessarily by the“We’re not trying to attack the coastal commission,” said Will Moore, who is the policy counsel for the organization and the lead author of the report. “I know it feels like it, but they haven’t been living up to their mission.
The report from Circulate San Diego — which is a nonprofit organization that, according to its website, “advocates for better transportation and more sustainable land use choices in our communities” — claims the “Coastal Commission has resisted, opposed and delayed the construction of deed-restricted affordable homes that use programs like the Density Bonus Law.
One such project mentioned was a proposal for changes to a bike lane along West Point Loma Boulevard in San Diego. According to the report, the city was told by the commission that “it would have to apply for a revision to its Local Coastal Plan .” The report continued, “the Coastal Commission may not have clear statutory authority to approve a bicycle lane that is not included in an LCP.
Moore added that the biggest concern his research highlighted was the lack of affordable housing in the coastal zone statewide, which, he said, leads to those communities having more financial and racial disparity.“The origin of the housing crisis is that attitude of, ‘We don’t want development. We’re going to deny this project, but we support projects generally,' ” Moore said. “Unless you support the one that’s in front of you, you don’t support housing.
Several members of the Coastal Commission addressed the report in their public meeting this week. Paloma Aguirre, who is also the mayor of Imperial Beach, said, “as an environmental-justice-focused coastal commissioner, this feels like a personal attack.”Circulate San Diego’s recent report significantly misrepresents the California Coastal Commission’s track record on affordable housing.
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