Running for mayor and needs a lane

I heard he got pushed out for the new restaurant going in at the corner, but was going to look for a new location.

But SB 79 refers to the fire marshall maps, not the city maps…

Not good, at least for the neighborhoods I know. I’ll be very curious to see any more share modeling. Unless I am misreading this map, this wouldn’t move the needle at all for North Park, South Park, Golden Hill.

So riding from Florida to 30th, a kid biking from Roosevelt Middle home on Upas goes from protected bike lane to no bike lane to Class II bike lane to no bike lane to Class II bike lane to no bike lane to protected bike lane to no bike lane to protected bike lane. This has all been designed recently

Looked again this morning and it looks like each side alternates between Class II and then sharrows, flip flopping each block.

I get there are tradeoffs and people like parking. But (1) there is no way for the city to hit CAP goals or vision zero with designs like this and (2) there is no funding or ambition to do bigger construction projects. The city is making choices and we shouldn’t pretend that isn’t true

There’s no need for parking on the park side there at all. There are parking lots right on the other side of the grass all along there. With the lack of driveways, it could be a good spot for a 2-way bike lane

This is a very SANDAG take 😁 I agree the city CAN do it, but that means it is choosing not to. We could get 90% of the way there w/ resurfacing, especially with straight shots like Upas. The city has simply made a policy choice that parking is the #1 priority. We should all stop pretending otherwise

It isn’t striped yet, just marked. But it’s going to be unbuffered Class II lanes mixed with some sharrows. Right in the door zone.

Somehow, the city’s bike lane designs keep getting worse. The new ones on Upas by Morley Field are going to be useless.

I think the city’s interpretation of the very high severity zones is just as significant. The city itself adopted a very strict map, far more than the state. But I think SB 79 is based on the state map, not the local map. Can’t find any discussion of this yet.

But the city is using its own fire severity maps, which cover almost the entire city. The city can generally do its own fire maps, but I don’t think the city fire maps apply to SB 79.

For the fire maps, SB 79 says a city can exempt very high fire hazard severity zones “as determined by the department of forestry and fire protection pursuant to Section 51178”

For bus stops, the state just says it must (1) be adjacent to a full-time bus lane and (2) have combined rush hour service intervals of 15 mins. That’s a bunch of stops on University Ave, El Cajon Blvd and Park Blvd but the city left them out. www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...

The city seems to be doing two main things here that are questionable: (1) not including some bus stops and (2) relying on its own fire maps instead of the state fire maps.

Interesting, San Diego says SB 79 does not apply to any bus rapid transit stops in the city. I think that’s wrong, but I can’t find anything that says how they made that decision… www.sandiego.gov/planning/wor...

Condo Settlement Falls Apart After agreeing in principle to settle the condo-conversion lawsuits by capping condo conversions at 1,000 per year and requiring frequent study of the once-popular development projects, the San Diego ...

The city council changed its mind and it never passed the ordinances. There was a lot of lobbying about it between the initial tentative agreement and final approval. The city eventually won in court. voiceofsandiego.org/2007/09/25/c...

They are Chinese, crazy tariffs so they aren’t sold here.

MTS officially opposes self-driving vehicles as Waymo begins SD plans “San Diego’s drivers help keep this city moving, fed and well-supplied,” said Elo-Rivera, chair of the MTS Board’s Taxi Advisory Committee.

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/m...

Have no fear, our local politicians are doing their best to ban these!

Todd Gloria Is a Disappointment to His Allies and Enemies The San Diego mayor came into office with high expectations and a Democratic super majority. Even his supporters are baffled by how little he has done.

Ouch. voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/14/t...

It didn’t seem to make the news, but Preserve Greater Golden Hill suffered a big loss last week in their lawsuit to stop the project at 30th and A Street. A judge denied their request for a permanent injunction, finding they were not likely to prevail.

I wonder if Matteo would host an event supporting the other side of the debate on another night…

Maybe I’m just getting old, but I don’t see a problem with Matteo hosting this event. It’s perfectly fine to not like what they stand for without thinking they should be effectively banned from meeting at community spots. Different issue if Matteo is donating all the food, making a contribution etc.

Perfectly reasonable to not like the outcome, but no one should get their hopes up that the Supreme Court will choose to review this decision.

Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?

Can UCSD get to work on one of these? I’d sign up, this sounds like a great retirement www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...

Nearly the same end result could be achieved entirely without CEQA: the mayor could go stencil “bus only lane” on Sports Arena Blvd tomorrow and convince MTS to slightly increase frequency of one bus route, and this would all be upzoned under SB 79. Or just get that idea added to the SANDAG plan.

The half-mile circle from the Zoo drive stop stretches into the block north of Upas, which is right on the edge of the circle for the stop near University. I think it picks up at least a few parcels.

There is a single block of bus only lane on 4th Ave between Broadway and E St. Also on 11th Ave going north from Broadway to the 163. But I doubt SB 79 changes downtown zoning.