City Hall is Listening — Let’s Keep Going!
Hi neighbors,
Our voices are being heard.
Councilmember Whitburn’s team met with us and is continuing the dialog and planning the next meetings! They welcomed Deputy Fire Marshal Tosca’s support for a traffic and safety study, and expressed willingness to help broker a conversation with the developer. This is huge — but it’s not the finish line.
We still need to:
Keep the pressure on Assemblymember Chris Ward to drop support for SB79 and stand with us against developer-driven overgrowth.
Thank Councilmember Whitburn for meeting with us and encourage him to keep pushing for safety reviews and scaled-down development.
Push Mayor Gloria to pause the A Street project and fix Complete Communities so it aligns with our Community Plan.
Ask Senator Padilla to defend local planning and block state overreach.
Below are this week’s updated templates — please send them today.
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Email to Senator Steve Padilla
Submit via web form: https://sd18.senate.ca.gov/contact
Subject: Stand With Golden Hill — Stop State Overreach and Unsafe Growth
Dear Senator Padilla,
Thank you for continuing to support our Golden Hill community. We’re asking for your ongoing help to protect public safety, affordability, and local planning from being sidelined by top-down development mandates.
Recently, we met with Councilmember Whitburn’s team and Deputy Fire Marshal Tosca, who strongly supported our call for a traffic and emergency services review. Over 400 new units are planned in just 10 blocks — yet no upgrades to hydrants, roads, or fire response are being made.
We ask you to:
Oppose SB79 and similar bills that override local zoning and enable towers in single-family areas.
Urge Mayor Gloria to pause the A Street project and work toward a safer, scaled-down plan.
Defend neighborhoods from speculative luxury development that erases affordability.
Support required infrastructure and safety reviews before large projects move forward.
Visit our site for more information: https://www.preservegreatergoldenhill.com
We believe in smart growth — but it must be community-led, not developer-controlled.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Neighborhood or Zip]
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Email to Assemblymember Chris Ward
Submit via web form: https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD78
Subject: San Diegans Do Not Support SB79 — Please Listen to Your Constituents
Dear Assemblymember Ward,
We were shocked to learn of your support for SB79, which would allow towers in single-family zoned neighborhoods. This does not reflect the values or priorities of Greater Golden Hill or many other San Diego residents.
These policies are opening the door to luxury, developer-driven overgrowth — not truly affordable housing. Our community has already lost multiple Craftsman homes and ADUs to the A Street project, which will replace them with high-end market-rate units and add pressure to already strained infrastructure.
We ask you to:
Withdraw your support for SB79.
Demand that Mayor Gloria halt the A Street project and bring it back to scale.
Support genuinely affordable housing with matching infrastructure and public safety planning.
Understand the safety issues firsthand: https://www.preservegreatergoldenhill.com
We don’t oppose growth — we oppose policies that ignore the very communities you were elected to represent.
Respectfully,
[Your Name]
[Your Neighborhood or Zip]
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Email to Councilmember Stephen Whitburn
To: stephenwhitburn@sandiego.gov, cgaffney@sandiego.gov, thorntonm@sandiego.gov, soliss@sandiego.gov, planningdirector@sandiego.gov
Subject: Thank You for Meeting With Us and Pushing for Safety
Dear Councilmember Whitburn, City Planners, and Staff,
Thank you for meeting with Preserve Greater Golden Hill team and for listening to our concerns about the A Street project. We truly appreciate your willingness to help broker a conversation with the developer and your continued effort to secure a traffic and infrastructure impact study — now with the support of Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Tosca.
With over 400 units planned in a small 10-block radius, the stakes for safety and infrastructure are high. Your persistence in seeking a traffic study — despite past denials from the planning department — is exactly the type of leadership our community needs.
We hope you will:
Use your power and position to press Mayor Gloria to pause the A Street project so that safety, affordability, and community planning can guide its revision. He is the only one with the authority to place a moratorium on this project, and your support will be essential in encouraging him to take that step.
Ensure the Planning Department responds to our request to address our Complete Community questions related to A Street and be our partner in ensuring compliance.
Press for essential fire and traffic studies to safeguard your constituents while we look at the aggregate effects the developments are having.
Your advocacy is critical to ensuring Golden Hill grows responsibly. Thank you for standing with us.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Neighborhood or Zip]
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Email to Mayor Todd Gloria
To: mayortoddgloria@sandiego.gov, soliss@sandiego.gov, planningdirector@sandiego.gov
Subject: Mayor Gloria — Pause A Street for Safety, Affordability, and Livability
Dear Mayor Gloria,
The A Street project has become a flashpoint for our community — not because we oppose housing, but because this project threatens safety, affordability, and neighborhood character.
The A Street development is a major contributor to over 400 new units in just 10 blocks of Golden Hill — with no upgrades to hydrants, water lines, evacuation routes, or road capacity. Councilmember Whitburn and Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Tosca both agree a traffic and emergency services review is needed. Your planning department has denied such requests twice.
Meanwhile, affordable Craftsman homes and ADUs have been demolished to make way for luxury rentals. This isn’t solving our housing crisis — it’s making it worse.
We urge you to:
Pause the A Street project now and direct a safety and infrastructure review.
Reform Complete Communities so it aligns with local plans and prioritizes truly affordable housing.
Oppose SB79, which would allow towers in single-family areas and repeat the same mistakes citywide.
Golden Hill deserves leadership that listens. Please work with us before this becomes another example of City Hall ignoring the people it serves.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Neighborhood or Zip]
https://www.preservegreatergoldenhill.com
