Tom Mullaney with Friends of San Diego gave an interesting presentation at last night’s Hillcrest Town Council meeting. One of his charts (enlarged below) shows Uptown population from 1970-2020. Is it “Smart Growth” or a massive unplanned density increase? The population of Uptown has stabilized at about 35,000 for 30 years. Yet the Uptown Community Plan includes greatly increased densities — enough to increase the population to 51,600…45% more. This is an unprecendented increase that is 30 times the amount targeted for other communities.
The higher density developments have already started, but the plans for transportation, parks, schools and libraries are still “to follow later.” Is this “Smart Growth?” 
He also gave an update on the lawsuit that has been filed against the monster building at 301 University Avenue. This lawsuit was filed because of the City Council’s inabilty to deal with community infrastructure issues. Financial support is needed. Please contact Friends of San Diego at (619) 795-1753 if you would like to help out.
