San Diego County, California, Measure A, Voter Approval for Land Use Amendments to County General Plan (March 2020): Difference between revisions
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The full text of the measure is available [https://www.sdvote.com/content/dam/rov/en/election/march-2020-primary/Ballot-Measures-Questions.pdf here]. | The full text of the measure is available [https://www.sdvote.com/content/dam/rov/en/election/march-2020-primary/Ballot-Measures-Questions.pdf here]. | ||
==Support== | ==Support== | ||
'''Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside''' {{Greener | start =3/3/2020 9:30pm EST | before = is leading|after = led}} the '''Yes on A''' campaign in support of '''Measure A'''.<ref>[https://saveoursdcountryside.org/ ''Save our Countryside'', "Home," accessed January 5, 2020]</ref> | |||
===Supporters=== | ===Supporters=== | ||
*[[Paul McNamara|Mayor Paul McNamara]]<ref name=endorsements/> | |||
*Del Mar Councilmember Dwight Worden<ref name=endorsements/> | |||
*[[League of Women Voters of California]]<ref name=endorsements>[https://saveoursdcountryside.org/endorsers/ ''Save Our Countryside,'' "Our Endorsers," accessed January 5, 2019]</ref> | *[[League of Women Voters of California]]<ref name=endorsements>[https://saveoursdcountryside.org/endorsers/ ''Save Our Countryside,'' "Our Endorsers," accessed January 5, 2019]</ref> | ||
*Climate | *Climate Action Campaign<ref name=endorsements/> | ||
===Arguments=== | ===Arguments=== | ||
*'''Pam Slater-Price''', former San Diego County Board of Supervisor, councilmember, and mayor, said, "As a 20-year member of the Board of Supervisors, I was intimately involved in the creation of our award-winning general plan which was designed to save taxpayer money, limit housing in very high fire severity zones and to protect some habitat while encouraging smart planning and land use principles. To see that plan repeatedly being undermined by sprawl developers and speculators who do not have the public’s best interests at heart, is very concerning for the future of our region. This is why I support SOS. It encourages smarter development decisions without allowing special interests to change the plan that the public and other stakeholders spent over a decade and $18 million developing."<ref name=endorsements/> | |||
*'''JP Theberge''', executive director of Grow the San Diego Way, said, "Measure A protects the existing general plan from being disassembled piecemeal by sprawl developers by adding a voter requirement any time a general plan amendment special exception is asked for in the high fire-risk rural or semi-rural zoned areas of the unincorporated county."<ref>[https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2019/12/14/opinion-measure-a-would-stop-politicians-from-turning-san-diego-into-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR1QwXXPHRlmWjQRjtwmEy9mDhulga0Pj6RyieEgBIy06PSuW-amBJXVJs0 ''Times of San Diego'', "Measure A Would Stop Politicians from Turning San Diego into Los Angeles," December 14, 2019]</ref> | |||
==Opposition== | ==Opposition== | ||
'''Planning Today for San Diego's Future''' {{Greener | start =3/3/2020 9:30pm EST | before = is leading|after = led}} the '''No on A''' campaign in opposition to '''Measure A'''.<ref>[https://noonsos.org/ ''No on A'', "Home," accessed January 5, 2020]</ref> | |||
===Opponents=== | ===Opponents=== | ||
*[[Kevin Faulconer|San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer]]<ref name=opponents/> | *[[Kevin Faulconer|San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer]]<ref name=opponents/> | ||
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*San Diego Housing Federation<ref name=opponents/> | *San Diego Housing Federation<ref name=opponents/> | ||
===Arguments=== | ===Arguments=== | ||
*'''Jerry Sanders''', CEO of San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, said, "Adding more barriers in San Diego County during a housing crisis that already puts scores of homes and apartments out of reach for most employees is a bad idea. ... As a region, we must do more to improve the economic opportunity for all San Diegans."<ref>[https://noonsos.org/post/business-labor-urge-no-on-2020-ballot-measure-limiting-housing-in-rural-areas ''No on SOS'', "Business, Labor Urge 'No' on 2020 Ballot Measure Limiting Housing in Rural Areas," October 30, 2019]</ref> | |||
*'''Haney Hong''', President and CEO of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, said, "The SOS Initiative is ballot-box land use planning. It would create an enormous new regulatory hurdle just to add homes that we all agree our region desperately needs. We have processes in place today that require public input to build in unincorporated areas and we need to trust the process. We should not be advocating for taking away local control from taxpayers who reside in the County’s unincorporated areas."<ref>[https://noonsos.org/post/business-labor-urge-no-on-2020-ballot-measure-limiting-housing-in-rural-areas ''No on SOS'', "Taxpayers Association Joins Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders in No on SOS Coalition," October 30, 2019]</ref> | |||
==Background== | |||
===San Diego General Plan=== | |||
San Diego County General Plan was adopted by the board of supervisors on August 3, 2011. It outlines the land use and development of the county's unincorporated land. California law requires each city and county to have a general plan. Since its adoption, 18 amendments have been passed by the board. Under the proposed measure, amendments would be put on the ballot for a county vote.<ref>[https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/pds/gpupdate/docs/GP/Cover-TOC-Vision.pdf ''San Diego County'', "San Diego County General Plan," accessed January 5, 2020]</ref> | |||
==Path to the ballot== | ==Path to the ballot== | ||
::''See also: [[Laws governing local ballot measures in California]]'' | ::''See also: [[Laws governing local ballot measures in California]]'' | ||
'''Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside''' gathered over 107,000 signatures to place the [[Ballot initiative|initiative]] on the ballot. The signatures were submitted to the clerk, and the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to put the measure on the ballot on August 28, 2018.<ref>[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/story/2019-10-29/opponents-vow-to-defeat-march-ballot-measure-regulating-housing ''San Diego Tribune'', "Opponents vow to defeat March ballot measure regulating housing," October 29, 2019]</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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===Support=== | |||
*[https://saveoursdcountryside.org/ Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside, Yes on A website] | |||
*[https://www.facebook.com/saveoursdcountryside/ Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside, Yes on A Facebook page] | |||
*[https://twitter.com/YesOnSOS Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside, Yes on A Twitter page] | |||
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===Opposition=== | |||
*[https://noonsos.org/ Planning Today for San Diego's Future, No on A campaign website] | |||
*[https://www.facebook.com/NoSOSsd/ Planning Today for San Diego's Future, No on A Facebook page] | |||
*[https://twitter.com/NoSOSsd Planning Today for San Diego's Future, No on A Twitter page] | |||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 6 January 2020
| Measure A: San Diego County Voter Approval for Land Use Amendments to County General Plan |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| March 3, 2020 |
| Status: |
 On the ballot
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| Topic: |
| Local zoning, land use and development |
| Related articles |
| Local zoning, land use and development on the ballot March 3, 2020 ballot measures in California San Diego County, California ballot measures County governance on the ballot |
| See also |
| San Diego County, California |
A initiative requiring voter approval for land use amendments to the county's General Plan was on the ballot for San Diego County voters in San Diego County, California, on March 3, 2020. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of requiring voter approval for amendments to the county's General Plan that increase population density for semi-rural or rural land classifications. |
| A no vote was a vote against requiring voter approval for amendments to the county's General Plan that increase population density for semi-rural or rural land classifications. |
Election results
Results will be displayed here on March 3, 2020.
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall this Initiative be adopted for the purpose of amending the San Diego County General Plan to require voter approval for General Plan amendments that increase residential density for property designated by the General Plan as Semi-Rural or Rural?[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Support
Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside led the Yes on A campaign in support of Measure A.[3]
Supporters
- Mayor Paul McNamara[4]
- Del Mar Councilmember Dwight Worden[4]
- League of Women Voters of California[4]
- Climate Action Campaign[4]
Arguments
- Pam Slater-Price, former San Diego County Board of Supervisor, councilmember, and mayor, said, "As a 20-year member of the Board of Supervisors, I was intimately involved in the creation of our award-winning general plan which was designed to save taxpayer money, limit housing in very high fire severity zones and to protect some habitat while encouraging smart planning and land use principles. To see that plan repeatedly being undermined by sprawl developers and speculators who do not have the public’s best interests at heart, is very concerning for the future of our region. This is why I support SOS. It encourages smarter development decisions without allowing special interests to change the plan that the public and other stakeholders spent over a decade and $18 million developing."[4]
- JP Theberge, executive director of Grow the San Diego Way, said, "Measure A protects the existing general plan from being disassembled piecemeal by sprawl developers by adding a voter requirement any time a general plan amendment special exception is asked for in the high fire-risk rural or semi-rural zoned areas of the unincorporated county."[5]
Opposition
Planning Today for San Diego's Future led the No on A campaign in opposition to Measure A.[6]
Opponents
- San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer[7]
- San Diego County Democratic Party[7]
- Republican Party of San Diego County[7]
- San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce[7]
- San Diego Housing Federation[7]
Arguments
- Jerry Sanders, CEO of San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, said, "Adding more barriers in San Diego County during a housing crisis that already puts scores of homes and apartments out of reach for most employees is a bad idea. ... As a region, we must do more to improve the economic opportunity for all San Diegans."[8]
- Haney Hong, President and CEO of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, said, "The SOS Initiative is ballot-box land use planning. It would create an enormous new regulatory hurdle just to add homes that we all agree our region desperately needs. We have processes in place today that require public input to build in unincorporated areas and we need to trust the process. We should not be advocating for taking away local control from taxpayers who reside in the County’s unincorporated areas."[9]
Background
San Diego General Plan
San Diego County General Plan was adopted by the board of supervisors on August 3, 2011. It outlines the land use and development of the county's unincorporated land. California law requires each city and county to have a general plan. Since its adoption, 18 amendments have been passed by the board. Under the proposed measure, amendments would be put on the ballot for a county vote.[10]
Path to the ballot
Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside gathered over 107,000 signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. The signatures were submitted to the clerk, and the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to put the measure on the ballot on August 28, 2018.[11]
See also
External links
Support |
Opposition |
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego Vote, "Local Measures for March 3, 2020," accessed December 27, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Save our Countryside, "Home," accessed January 5, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Save Our Countryside, "Our Endorsers," accessed January 5, 2019
- ↑ Times of San Diego, "Measure A Would Stop Politicians from Turning San Diego into Los Angeles," December 14, 2019
- ↑ No on A, "Home," accessed January 5, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 No on SOS, "Endorsements," accessed January 5, 2019
- ↑ No on SOS, "Business, Labor Urge 'No' on 2020 Ballot Measure Limiting Housing in Rural Areas," October 30, 2019
- ↑ No on SOS, "Taxpayers Association Joins Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders in No on SOS Coalition," October 30, 2019
- ↑ San Diego County, "San Diego County General Plan," accessed January 5, 2020
- ↑ San Diego Tribune, "Opponents vow to defeat March ballot measure regulating housing," October 29, 2019
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