The Democratic candidates for Tucson City Council in Ward 1 reveal different approaches to housing proposals as they rehash a 2022 development vote.
Tucson's history is rife with development battles like the one that played out at West 36th Street and South La Cholla Blvd., ending in February 2022. That's when the City Council approved a hard-fought zoning change for the 60 acres, allowing 137 housing units to be built there, while preserving half the land as open space.
And I view Ortega as a sort of NIMBY. That, of course, is short for the old phrase"Not In My Back Yard," often used to refer to people who stand in the way of developments. In this case, Ortega says he would have voted against the plan the city approved, in line with neighbors' protests. And that's more typical of the local Democratic tradition when such protests arise.
"That would pretty much ruin the aesthetics and quality of life/ in our neighborhood," association organizer Scott Archer told the Star that year. So, at minimum, if they couldn't get the open space they wanted, many neighbors hoped that the city would preserve the zoning approved after annexation, keeping the lots big and the homes spread out.
This fits into a broader theme of their first term as a council member — encouraging more housing construction. Santa Cruz was perhaps the leading council member pushing for the passage of a new ordinance that allowed for more guest houses to be built in people's yards under the city's new"accessory dwelling unit" zoning.
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