San Diego has 8,200 legal Short-Term Rentals, about 70% are at the coast

Airbnb donates to Governor Newsom, Mayor Gloria, Senator Weiner, building trade unions, and YIMBY DEMS, to push "build more" laws and projects, needed to keep their Wall Street investors happy and the company from losing value.

https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/2024-annual-report-on-homes-update-8-22-2024.pdf

135,000 people on San Diego's Section 8 wait list (15+ years, if lucky), no federal funding added since 2023.

What happens while people wait? 770 tents are home for 10,000 homeless in San Diego

One of two safe sleeping tent sites, near downtown

San Diego's Mayor Gloria revised the state's density bonus law to allow Accessory Dwelling Apartment Buildings that are not 'accessory' but are bigger than the main house, and basically destroy the emotional and health benefit of neighbors who know each other and enjoy front-porch visits.

Many of SDRE's ADUs are 441 sqft and rent for $2500-$3100, with no parking.

SDRE CEO Christian Spicer (center/below) has indicated he would resolve this 'Kumeyaay issue.' Proposed 130+ ADU complex on a 10,000 year old Kumeyaay village site, with human remains and artifacts, in Pacific Beach.

https://wearesandiego.org

News about Accessory Dwelling Units laws in San Diego (ADUs) https://www.neighborsforabettersandiego.org

News about greedy overdevelopment and land use and up to the minute reports on protests and local activism https://www.ADUBonus.org

If cities were awarded a prize for ruining a lovely landscape... San Diego would win 1st place

Nothing says 'greed' like an unsupervised home being used as an Airbnb/hotel that accommodates 14 people for sleeping, unlimited for partying, so the investor-owner can enjoy playing pickleball, knowing the mortgage, taxes and upkeep of their investment property is getting paid by the Airbnb guests who come and go at all hours and ruin the neighbor's sleep.

Fool's paradise: the Airbnb takeover, ADU apartment buildings stacked behind homes, high-rise buildings with tiny roof-top pools, used mostly by tourists, tent camps dotting the landscape

Paradise: great weather, ocean, nice breeze, and views

San Diego has 5,000 ADUs with more on the way

SDRE Builders dominates ADU construction and has Mayor Gloria's blessing

TURQUOISE TOWER Pacific Beach, CA 92109

Kalonymus - Carmel Partners proposed 23-story luxury AIRBNB hotel & apartments

Downtown San Diego

SDRE CEO Christian Spicer

La Jolla Airbnb

La Jolla Airbnb

Kumeyaay Native Village Land

Law suit against SDRE to stop ADU project on site of 10,000 y/o Kumeyaay village

Kumeyaay Native Village Land

And if you can't afford $1,500 rent