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Good morning, San Diego.
It’s alive!
Midway Rising, the development project around the old Sports Arena region, is back — despite the latest legal challenges.
The project would redevelop the area into an urban district with thousands of homes, a new entertainment venue and acres of parks. The legal setback came in October when a court overturned a ballot measure eliminating the coastal height limit in Midway.
But the project’s developers say they can still build it thanks to California’s density bonus law, which lets developers waive local restrictions if they reserve units for low-income residents.
As our Andrew Keatts reports, that’s only possible because of years of expansions of the density bonus law that originated here in San Diego.
State laws authored by San Diego electeds, and court rulings based over San Diego projects were pivotal in expanding the law enough that even a redevelopment as big as Midway Rising could fit in it.
Today’s top story
How San Diego cleared the way for Midway Rising to crack the coastal height limit
By Andrew Keatts • Times of San Diego
San Diego is responsible for years of moves to expand California’s density bonus, which Midway Rising is now using to beat the height limit.
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Today’s opinion column
Opinion: A water district using its own water shouldn’t be controversial
The Sweetwater Authority opens Loveland Reservoir as a recreational destination, but we still must make annual transfers to serve our communities.
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