Scott Sherman (San Diego, Riverside, Nice: apartments, attorney, homes)

[rosebud49]

He has a nice smile. It looks like a Genuine smile

[joosoon]

Sherman's office did something Marti Emerald's never could; answer emails from people in the 7th district.
I've met him a couple times. Nice enough guy.

[kettlepot]

He's a pleasant person and honestly believes in what he says. However, his goal has been to create a city government by the developers, for the developers, and of the developers.

I get it; we need more housing. However, we don't have to plow under great swathes of our neighborhoods, usually neighborhoods that are south of 8, in pursuit of the City's high-density, low-infrastructure development model (meaning turn every neighborhood into a City Heights).

[NORTY FLATZ]

Marti Emerald's old husband was my 5th attorney! RIP, Merrill.

Had a gold plated Harley....

[newgensandiego]

Originally Posted by kettlepot

I get it; we need more housing. However, we don't have to plow under great swathes of our neighborhoods, usually neighborhoods that are south of 8, in pursuit of the City's high-density, low-infrastructure development model (meaning turn every neighborhood into a City Heights).

The sprawl alternative--low-density, high infrastructure--is a lot worse for the environment, public finances, and traffic. Or would you prefer more commuters from Riverside and the east county hinterlands clogging up our road and polluting our communities? That's the reality.

Obviously, there can be a middle-ground solution. San Diego is full of strip malls and large parking lots within proximity to half-decent transit. It's time to legalize and normalize different scales of housing in each neighborhood. Not upzone everything, but allow smaller clusters ("villages") along transit corridors and hubs.

[joosoon]

I'd prefer more people just move away instead.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

He's a good friend of mine and a great person. I was really surprised he wanted to get into politics at any level.

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

He's a good friend of mine and a great person. I was really surprised he wanted to get into politics at any level.

I'm glad he did.
It's too bad he termed out of the 7th. The choices for his replacement are bleak. If that wackadoodle Wheatcroft somehow wins, I'll consider moving.

[kettlepot]

Originally Posted by newgensandiego

The sprawl alternative--low-density, high infrastructure--is a lot worse for the environment, public finances, and traffic. Or would you prefer more commuters from Riverside and the east county hinterlands clogging up our road and polluting our communities? That's the reality.

Obviously, there can be a middle-ground solution. San Diego is full of strip malls and large parking lots within proximity to half-decent transit. It's time to legalize and normalize different scales of housing in each neighborhood. Not upzone everything, but allow smaller clusters ("villages") along transit corridors and hubs.

Have you seen the mayor's housing proposal? For Mission Valley, which has

A) A trolley line for transit
B) No existing community character
C) Currently no parks, but a big beautiful river park is planned for near term development

He is suggesting apartments 4 stories high (in reality 4.0 FAR but that starts a technical discussion)

Compare that to South of 8 Neighborhoods, which have

A) Only buses for transit
B) Many nearly intact single family neighborhoods
C) The greatest park deficits in the city

He is proposing 8 story apartment buildings (in reality 8.0 FAR) almost randomly abutting single family homes.

The village cluster has been city policy for a generation. People support it as well as redevelopment of commercial areas, but it needs to come with infrastructure, including parks and road improvements.

In my community, I believe the city thinks they can placate us with $1 or $2 million of improvements, while they grow the population by 33%. That just perpetuates the high density, low infrastructure model. It's not even close to paying for whats needed. Several fundamental problems need to be addressed and they will cost tens of millions of dollars.

[newgensandiego]

Originally Posted by kettlepot

Have you seen the mayor's housing proposal? For Mission Valley, which has

A) A trolley line for transit
B) No existing community character
C) Currently no parks, but a big beautiful river park is planned for near term development

He is suggesting apartments 4 stories high (in reality 4.0 FAR but that starts a technical discussion)

Compare that to South of 8 Neighborhoods, which have

A) Only buses for transit
B) Many nearly intact single family neighborhoods
C) The greatest park deficits in the city

He is proposing 8 story apartment buildings (in reality 8.0 FAR) almost randomly abutting single family homes.

The village cluster has been city policy for a generation. People support it as well as redevelopment of commercial areas, but it needs to come with infrastructure, including parks and road improvements.

Can you provide sources? That assertion is inconsistent with what I've seen from the city.

Also, I don't think you understand what FAR is. Additionally, the context matters...a lot of Mission Valley land (as part of a parcel) is not developable due to flooding, so an FAR of 4.0 may actually be more significant than you think. For instance, the Riverwalk development can only be built on 1/3 of the land. An FAR of 4 would allow the entire buildable area to be covered in a 12-story building. The actual market product/non-slum version would be a collection of 20 story buildings, if they wanted to max the FAR.