San Diego officials reconsider Bonus ADU program rules
CBS 8 San Diego
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.760', 'text': 'can down the'}, {'start': '1.320', 'end': '5.279', 'text': "road. Don't you dare do that. We're"}, {'start': '3.760', 'end': '7.600', 'text': "waiting for y'all to speak on it."}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '9.679', 'text': 'Passions flaring at the podium. At the'}, {'start': '7.600', 'end': '11.840', 'text': 'heart of this issue, how many units'}, {'start': '9.679', 'end': '14.240', 'text': "should be allowed in someone's backyard?"}, {'start': '11.840', 'end': '18.720', 'text': 'They are here because of a runaway'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '21.039', 'text': 'policy that benefits only developers and'}, {'start': '18.720', 'end': '23.760', 'text': 'their investors who are focused on one'}, {'start': '21.039', 'end': '26.000', 'text': 'thing, which is ROI.'}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '28.240', 'text': "The city's ADU bonus program allows"}, {'start': '26.000', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'homeowners or developers to build an'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '32.880', 'text': 'additional ADU for every affordable one'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '35.280', 'text': 'they build with no real limit on single'}, {'start': '32.880', 'end': '37.120', 'text': 'family lots within a half mile of a bus'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '38.719', 'text': 'or trolley stop. You know, they wake up'}, {'start': '37.120', 'end': '44.040', 'text': "one day and they find out somebody's"}, {'start': '38.719', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'going to build 10, 12, 14, 16, up to'}, {'start': '44.040', 'end': '49.280', 'text': '126 units on a single family lot. The'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '51.840', 'text': 'new rules would make homes in some'}, {'start': '49.280', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'single family areas ineligible for bonus'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '57.600', 'text': "ADUs, but they'd still be allowed in"}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '59.840', 'text': 'RS17 and other zones where more than 90%'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '61.680', 'text': 'of bonus units have been built in single'}, {'start': '59.840', 'end': '64.159', 'text': 'family neighborhoods since the program'}, {'start': '61.680', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'began. But for homes in high fire'}, {'start': '64.159', 'end': '68.799', 'text': 'severity zones with only one way out,'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.960', 'text': 'like on a cultisac for example, bonus'}, {'start': '68.799', 'end': '72.799', 'text': 'units would not be allowed. Wesley'}, {'start': '70.960', 'end': '74.880', 'text': 'Morgan, who lives in Mission Hills, does'}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '77.200', 'text': 'not agree with new restrictions. We'}, {'start': '74.880', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'should be more aggressive with housing.'}, {'start': '77.200', 'end': '81.840', 'text': "Instead, we're taking two steps back and"}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '83.759', 'text': 'wasting a lot of time and resources.'}, {'start': '81.840', 'end': '85.759', 'text': 'Other changes include parking. Right'}, {'start': '83.759', 'end': '87.920', 'text': "now, there's none required, but the new"}, {'start': '85.759', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'rules would say one off- streetet space'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '92.159', 'text': 'for every ADU outside a transit priority'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '93.520', 'text': "area. There's a lot of people, you know,"}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '95.920', 'text': "they're trying to make sure their kids"}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '98.240', 'text': 'can move back to San Diego after college'}, {'start': '95.920', 'end': '99.600', 'text': 'or or maybe they actually have a granny'}, {'start': '98.240', 'end': '101.520', 'text': "in their family and they're trying to"}, {'start': '99.600', 'end': '103.680', 'text': 'house and just making it a little bit'}, {'start': '101.520', 'end': '105.840', 'text': 'easier for them to build one of those.'}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '108.240', 'text': 'um uh one of those granny flats really'}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '110.079', 'text': 'is important for for a lot of people.'}, {'start': '108.240', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'Ultimately, the commission voted to'}, {'start': '110.079', 'end': '114.159', 'text': 'advance these rule changes, though they'}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '116.560', 'text': 'did request that city staff provide more'}, {'start': '114.159', 'end': '119.040', 'text': 'options on how to cap the number of ADUs'}, {'start': '116.560', 'end': '120.880', 'text': 'allowed on a single lot. The next stop'}, {'start': '119.040', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'for this is the land use and housing'}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'committee in two weeks. Brian White,'}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '127.600', 'text': "CBS8. Thank you, Brian. And if you're"}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '129.520', 'text': 'curious about which zone your home is in'}, {'start': '127.600', 'end': '131.200', 'text': 'and how these rules might impact your'}, {'start': '129.520', 'end': '136.000', 'text': 'neighborhood, we have a link posted on'}, {'start': '131.200', 'end': '136.000', 'text': 'CBS8.com. Just click on this story.'}]