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Media

2026

News stories relevant to Chollas Valley

Parks for None of Us. What gives?

https://voiceofsandiego.org/2026/07/21/parks-for-none-of-us/?utm_source=Voice+of+San+Diego+Master+List&utm_campaign=b7374c5ec0-Morning_Report&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c2357fd0a3-b7374c5ec0-83692577&goal=0_c2357fd0a3-b7374c5ec0-83692577

Squatters Took Over Vacant Homes Owned by San Diego’s ‘King of ADUs’

https://obrag.org/2026/07/squatters-took-over-vacant-homes-owned-by-san-diegos-king-of-adus-and-brought-chaos-and-crime-to-encanto/?fbclid=IwdGRleATHbfBwZG9mAWZkaWQWUKu5ZXCEOtljbxI-LN3VgvfIvT_M62V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7fTRQV7uU8JmGdqNTy_4H38gFtsrIhFPAEPXR0-K3UYYRn4jk4isKv1uFAHQ_aem_H6fA57Bsn4bx8Prw4LzKoA

KPBS Roundtable - Fight over Emerald Hills Park

https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpbs-roundtable/fight-over-emerald-hills-park-social-media-in-schools-remembering-kelly-davis 

Squatters took over an ADU developer’s vacant homes, bringing chaos to Enca

https://timesofsandiego.com/community/2026/07/16/squatters-took-over-an-adu-developers-vacant-homes/

Footnote 7: The Truth, the Corruption, the Timeline

https://obrag.org/?s=Footnote+7

The Absurdity of ‘Exclusionary Zoning’ in Emerald Hills

https://obrag.org/2026/07/the-absurdity-of-exclusionary-zoning-in-emerald-hills/

City Council to Southeastern Communities: ‘Go F*** Yourselves’

https://obrag.org/2026/07/city-council-to-southeastern-communities-go-f-yourselves/

Neighbors Lose Park Fight

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2026/07/08/neighbors-lose-half-century-fight-to-save-emerald-hills-green-space-for-a-park 

Behind The Green Curtain of Emerald Hills

https://sdvoice.info/behind-the-green-curtain-of-emerald-hills/ 

Hypocrisy Runs Deep With San Diego Housing Authority, aka, the City Council

https://obrag.org/2026/03/hypocrisy-runs-deep-with-san-diego-housing-authority-aka-the-city-council/

Opinion: Bonus density programs are applied in all communities

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/20/opinion-bonus-density-programs-are-applied-in-all-communities/

Push to Stop Footnote 7 Impact

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/residents-pushback-against-encanto-housing-development/509-8273cbfd-034b-41c4-9998-7fb7525ec744 


2025

New stories regarding Footnote 7

Radio Towers - Another Chapter in the Stacking of the Deck

 https://obrag.org/2025/11/the-radio-towers-in-emerald-hills-another-chapter-in-the-stacking-of-the-deck/

San Diego City Council Approves Controversial Klauber Project in Encanto

https://obrag.org/2025/07/despite-community-opposition-and-its-segregation-tainted-history-san-diego-city-council-approves-controversial-klauber-project-in-encanto/

Voice and Viewpoint: 23 Homes, a Footnote, and a Fight Over Park Space

https://sdvoice.info/23-homes-a-footnote-and-a-fight-over-park-space-the-klauber-project-explained/

SDUT: San Diego council reluctantly OKs controversial housing development

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/15/san-diego-council-reluctantly-oks-controversial-housing-development-despite-footnote-7-fix/

InewsSource + KPBS: Klauber Project, July 16th, 2025

https://www.kpbs.org/news/living/2025/07/16/city-council-revives-controversial-housing-project-in-southeast-san-diego

InewsSource: Footnote 7 Gone from Books, Now about that Park Land

https://inewsource.org/2025/03/06/san-diego-zoning-laws-footnote-repeal-encanto/

KPBS on Bonus ADU's in Encanto, January 29th, 2025

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2025/01/29/encanto-neighbors-say-their-infrastructure-cant-support-the-granny-towers-coming-to-backyards

KPBS on Bonus ADU's in Encanto, January 29th, 2025

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2025/01/29/encanto-neighbors-say-their-infrastructure-cant-support-the-granny-towers-coming-to-backyards

Voice and ViewPoint: A Dissenting Opinion On The City Attorney’s Footnote 7

https://sdvoice.info/a-dissenting-opinion-on-the-city-attorneys-footnote-7-memorandum/#google_vignette

KPBS on repeal of Footnote 7, January 28th, 2025

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2025/01/28/san-diego-city-council-repeals-controversial-footnote-targeting-southeastern-neighborhoods


2024

New stories regarding Footnote 7

NBC 7, Footnote 7, December 19th, 2024

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diego-planning-commission-footnote-7/3705390/

inewsource on Footnote 7, December 19th, 2024

https://inewsource.org/2024/12/19/footnote-removal-vote-zoning-laws-san-diego-land/

KPBS on Footnote 7, December 18th, 2024

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/12/18/san-diego-city-staff-propose-removal-of-controversial-zoning-footnote

inewsource on Footnote 7, December 5th, 2024

https://inewsource.org/2024/12/05/klauber-ave-appeal-footnote-san-diego-zoning-laws/

Voice and Viewpoint on Footnote 7, November 25, 2024

https://sdvoice.info/what-should-be-done-about-footnote-7/

OB Rag on Footnote 7, November 11th, 2024

https://obrag.org/2024/11/emerald-hills-and-encanto-residents-to-mobilize-at-city-hall-to-stop-high-density-project-ask-for-city-wide-support-tuesday-nov-12th/

KPBS on Footnote 7, November 7th, 2024

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/11/07/neighbors-in-southeast-san-diego-demand-investigation-into-shocking-footnote-in-city-code

CBS 8 on Footnote 7, October 29th, 2024

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/chollas-valley-group-fights-zoning-rule/509-e1780bb9-d1f3-4ec8-8216-09e7bf9995fb


Concentration of Poverty in Chollas Valley and AFFH

News stories regarding the concentration of poverty by the city of San Diego in Chollas Valley

CBS 8, July 4, 2024

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/concentrating-poverty-southeast-san-diego/509-55bc981a-c686-4aa2-b5d8-03e6a02c81bf

KPBS, March 13th, 2024

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/03/13/the-county-is-building-affordable-housing-in-chollas-view-residents-say-its-concentrating-poverty

San Diego Reader, July 30, 2019

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/jul/30/stringers-encanto-8100-new-low-income-apartment/

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CHOLLAS VALLEY community in the News

March 4, 2025 update on status of the removal of Footnote 7...future, present AND past. Click text directly below for inewssource accurate coverage.



inewssource story here:  https://inewsource.org/2025/03/06/san-diego-zoning-laws-footnote-repeal-encanto/

March 6, 2025 NBC on ADU Bonus Problem



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna191704

March 4, 2025 CBS on ADU Bonus Problem



https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-city-council-chambers-adu/509-81695f91-c308-443c-8755-c41a41ea4a44

March 4, 2025 ABC on ADU Bonus Problem



https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-city-council-repeals-footnote-7-limits-adu-bonus-program

KPBS Footnote 7

A wonderfully researched article regarding Footnote 7 from KPBS


The written story can be found here: https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/11/07/neighbors-in-southeast-san-diego-demand-investigation-into-shocking-footnote-in-city-code

KPBS Footnote 7

San Diego City Council repeals controversial footnote targeting Southeastern neighborhoods

KPBS Footnote 7 Update

December 18th update on status of the removal of Footnote 7


The written story can be found here: https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/12/18/san-diego-city-staff-propose-removal-of-controversial-zoning-footnote

More Footnote 7 from the Voice and Viewpoint

KPBS on a proposed County of San Diego project off Market Street in Chollas View

The written story can be found here: https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2024/03/13/the-county-is-building-affordable-housing-in-chollas-view-residents-say-its-concentrating-poverty

The beginnings of Footnote 7

The 2019 San Diego Planning Commission hearing the Land Development Code update Phase 2 containing Footnote 7.  

You will see and hear the commissioner asking about the Footnote and questioning why it’s needed.  You see the city make an extraordinarily misleading statement.

KPBS article on Bonus ADU's in Encanto

Story on Bonus ADU situation in Encanto


https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2025/01/29/encanto-neighbors-say-their-infrastructure-cant-support-the-granny-towers-coming-to-backyards

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