Forget the birds and other environmental impacts, are taller buildings messing with lunar cycles?
On this week’s show, our hosts explain how a proposed bill would stop building height from being treated as a significant environmental impact under state law.
State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson spoke about SB 958 at a committee hearing in June and explained how environmental laws have sometimes been used to slow housing projects. She cited Midway Rising and litigation that has stood in the project’s way.
“Despite years of analysis and multiple EIRs, the most recent ruling from the California’s fourth district court of appeal determined that environmental review when related to building height needed to include aspects that were not typically analyzed, including impacts on airflow, atmospheric conditions, lunar cycles, and wildlife attraction,” she said.
Lunar cycles? Co-host Scott Lewis explains what’s at stake and why we’re going to keep talking about SB 958.
Also on the show: The state is moving forward with a mesh barrier to deter suicides on the Coronado Bridge. They also plan to install AI cameras.
I love a good podcast, but it still has to be concise because I have other things to get done in my day. I don’t just use it as “canned background office music,” I use it as a way to gain important information about San Diego County. When I have to wade through “fluff” and other unimportant matter concerning what the speakers did over the weekend, my attention fades and I miss the important stuff when it finally does appear.
Please edit out some of the long, introductory banter in the VOSD Podcasts so that the audio which gets uploaded to your website contains the shorter more critical information of the day.