San Diego Marine Terminal Redevelopment Initiative, Proposition B (November 2008)
A San Diego Marine Terminal Redevelopment Initiative, Proposition B ballot question on the November 4 ballot for voters in the City of San Diego in San Diego, California, where it was defeated.
The initiative called for various improvements at San Diego's 10th Avenue Marine Terminal, which is southeast of the San Diego Convention Center. The improvements might have included a hotel, sports arena, a park, a stadium or some other project. If the ballot initiative is approved, the authority to make these these redevelopment decisions would bein the hands of the San Diego Port Commission.
Election results
| Proposition B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 381,593 | 70.13% | ||
| Yes | 162,502 | 29.87% | ||
- These final, certified, results are from the San Diego County elections office.
Support
Developer Richard Chase supported the ballot initiative.
Opposition
Environmentalists and waterfront property owners objected to the proposed initiative.[1]
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:
| PROPOSITION B: "Shall the San Diego Unified Port District's Master Plan be Amended by the Adoption of "The Port of San Diego Marine Freight Preservation and Bayfront Redevelopment Initiative?"[2] |
Path to the ballot
62,000 signatures were submitted to qualify the measure for the ballot.[3]
External links
- Full text of Proposition B (internet archive)
- Builders turn to voters in bid for San Diego port (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune, "Port building initiative encounters opposition", April 8, 2008
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Port opposes plan for development, June 13, 2008
