February 2023
Published on 2/3/2023
The Public Policy Committee had a busy month. On January 9, we discussed priorities for 2023. We also made a recommendation on a local question for the upcoming legislative interviews with San Diego's legislative delegation. And, we identified priorities for comment on the Seaport Village environmental review process so that we are ready to submit them when formal comments are due (February 24).
On January 20, we had a special meeting to make recommendations for the League's position review process. Although we made substantial progress, we were unable to complete potential recommended revisions to the Parks position. That work will continue in another special meeting on February 6.
The regularly scheduled February 6 meeting was moved up one week to January 30 so that City of San Diego planning staff could attend and make a presentation on the proposed Sustainable Development Areas proposal. Based on that meeting, a letter is being drafted for consideration at the February Board meeting which would be submitted to the City Council in time for the Council hearing on February 14.
I serve as the League representative to the Quality of Life Coalition. I attended Zoom meetings with County of San Diego planning staff and SANDAG staff earlier in January. In the County meeting, they discussed a Sustainable Land Use Framework that is being developed. They also discussed the status of work on developing an inclusionary housing program for the County. They are accepting comments on how the draft program should address various inclusionary housing specifics.
The Housing Subcommittee discussed potential input that the League could submit in its meeting on January 26. A special meeting will be held on February 9 to continue the work on this. This will be in addition to the regular Housing Subcommittee meeting on February 23.
The February 6 meeting will feature completion of work on recommended changes to the Parks position and discussion of a request from the State Housing and Homelessness Committee that housing and homeless be identified as a top priority at LWVC and for our league for program planning.