City of Escondido Lakes Specific Plan Initiative, Proposition H (November 2014)

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A City of Escondido Lakes Specific Plan Initiative, Proposition H ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Escondido in San Diego County, California. It was defeated.

Proposition H - a citizen-initiated measure - would have authorized a specific plan for the development of 110 acres that exists on Country Club Lane and was previously known as the Escondido Country Club. The Specific Plan 14 was designed to establish:

• 78.6 acres of residential zoning, allowing for an additional 430 residential units
• 5.7 acres of "recreational active space"
• 13.2 acres of "landscaped passive space"
• 8.3 ares of lakes and ponds
• 3.6 acres to be used for a community center, including a swimming pools, tennis courts and other recreational facilities

The measure would have also required a $1 million dollar payment to be made to the city to improve, acquire and preserve open space. This payment was to be made by the developer who backed the initiative and was set to construct the 430 residential units and community center.

This Proposition H initiative would have superseded a 2013 citizen initiative requiring the land in question to be zoned as "open space/park" land, precluding any residential development. The petition for the 2013 initiative was certified by election officials as containing enough valid signature to force it before the city council. The council decided to enact the initiative directly, instead of calling for an election.

Election results

City of Escondido, Proposition H
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		16,442	60.63%
Yes		10,675	39.37%

Election results via: San Diego County Registrar of Voters

Text of measure

Ballot question

The question on the ballot:

“

Shall the people of the City of Escondido approve the following: An initiative measure to adopt the Lakes Specific Plan?

”

Ballot title & summary

The official ballot title and summary provided for Proposition H by the office of the city attorney is available here.

Impartial analysis

The impartial analysis of Proposition H provided by the office of the city attorney is available here.

Support

Supporters of Proposition H argued that the "Lakes Specific Plan" initiative would:

• require 25 percent of developed land for open space
• reduce water consumption
• establish a privately funded $1 million Open Space Preservation Fund
• provide the city with $82 million in economic activity through creating 155 new full-time jobs
• raise the home values in the area
• provide $18.7 million for the city's general fund
• encourage $639,000 in new tax revenue every year for the city
• provides the community with a 10,000 square foot community center and an Olympic-sized pool on a 3.6 acre park, including tennis courts, playgrounds and trails

Opposition

Opponents of Proposition H argued that the initiative was backed by a Beverly Hills developer who was just looking to make money by building a 430-unit subdivision. They argued that the measure would result in:

• 5,000 more cars on already crowded city streets
• the use of 453,048 additional gallons of water daily in a time of extreme drought
• additional maintenance and operation costs for the City for new services and facilities
• the destruction of 110 acres of the city's precious open space, reducing property value and eliminating the "theme and vision" created for the community and the area

See also

• Local zoning, land use and development on the ballot
• San Diego County, California ballot measures
• November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California

External links

Suggest a link

• San Diego County Elections Office website