Danna Givot

Riders along the Old Town Transit Center in Old Town on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Opinion: City needs to have coherent rules on ‘transit-oriented’ projects

June 10, 2025 at 6:10 a.m.

On March 7, 2023, as part of Mayor Todd Gloria’s 2022 Land Development Code Update, five San Diego City Council voted to adopt the “Sustainable Development Area” (SDA) to...

A multi-story, multiunit accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bonus program project is being completed built behind a single family residence on Adams Ave. in El Cerrito on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. San Diego does not require parking if the projects are built in transit priority areas. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Opinion: Claims made about city’s accessory dwelling unit rules don’t hold up

February 19, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

Rather than respond to City Council’s request to roll back the bonus accessory dwelling unit program to align with state accessory dwelling unit law, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and...

BONSALL, CA - SEPTEMBER 28, 2023: Some of the first ten homes being built at The Havens in Bonsall on Thursday, September 28, 2023. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Guest Commentary: Complete Communities is a bad deal for San Diego

April 8, 2024 at 7:01 a.m.

The Building Industry Association (BIA) touts the Complete Communities Now program as ramping up production of more affordable homes ("Mayor’s housing orders can be a winning game-changer for San Diego,"...

Construction crews work on the completion of Father Joe's Villages 82 unit affordable housing project called Benson Place on June 23, 2020 in San Diego, California.

Off-site affordable housing plan will enforce segregation. Why is the mayor promoting it?

December 6, 2023 at 1:17 a.m.

Hueter is the chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego and lives in Talmadge. Givot is vice chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego and lives in El...

Exterior of the at the Kansas Modern apartments on Kansas Street and Howard Avenue in North Park, on Thursday, January 09, 2020.

Why the city of San Diego’s new plan won’t solve its housing woes or its transit issues

January 31, 2023 at 2:07 a.m.

Givot is vice chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego and lives in El Cerrito.In October, as part of its 2022 Land Development Code Update, San Diego’s Planning Department...

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