Hillcrest’s Most Popular Website with Oodles of Urban San Diego Information

“If you don't know about the relationship between state low-interest loans for city wastewater and water projects, city bond offering documents and Proposition A’s proposed ban on project labor agreements, you will probably want to read this to the end. Fact is, they have a lot in common and it's an interesting relationship.”

— Former Councilwoman Donna Frye re: two important votes today

Bankers Hill residents meet

Nearly 50 neighbors attended the May meeting of the Bankers Hill Residents Group Monday evening on the top floor of the the Inn at the Park. Presentations included (1) by Fausto Palafox re: 500 new free Urban Trees now available (2) Beth Robrahn from Sandag began an outreach with residents and business owners interested in plans for bicycle improvements for the area. (3) Doug Scott shared the proposed budget for neighborhood parking funds. The June 18th meeting will feature Councilman Todd Gloria who will represent the area in December and San Diego Tax Collector Dan McAllister.

Last Thursday Park & Rec Board REJECTED Jacobs-Sanders’ Centennial Bypass Bridge proposal.
Historic Resources Board unanimously REJECTED the Centennial Bypass proposal on Friday.

Bypass the bypass!

An open letter from Jay Coffman — Dear neighbors, this is yet another example of the businesses, developers, the Mayor & City Council and select citizens imposing their will on the people of San Diego without any real input from the people of San Diego.

Please consider sending emails and letters to our elected representatives asking them to just say “no” to this really bad project. There are many less harmful alternatives we should consider.

>>> read all of Jay Coffman’s letter here.

Mayor forum 6:30pm this Wednesday at University Christian Church

To help commemorate National Historic Preservation Month, the Neighborhood Historic Preservation Coalition invited all four major mayoral candidates to participate in an election forum. Only Congressman Bob Filner agreed, citing his strong interest and commitment to San Diego’s older neighborhoods and their active community groups.

The public policies and activities of city government have a significant impact on our community. Wednesday’s forum will provide an opportunity for dialog spotlighting the important issues facing San Diego’s older and historic neighborhoods. The general public is encouraged to attend this free forum at the University Christian Church, 3900 Cleveland Avenue (at Richmond) in Hillcrest