A judge just blocked one high-density housing project. Will it ‘grind development to a halt’ across San Diego?
It’s not clear what the PQ-Northeast Action Group is seeking in a deal, but the group has consistently lobbied Lennar to pay for more evacuation routes in the wildfire-prone area. Frazier’s ruling nullifies an analysis by the city and Lennar of how the Junipers would affect nearby traffic, noise and wildfire threats, saying it had failed to account for two large housing projects being developed nearby — 331-unit Millennium PQ and 826-unit Trails at Carmel Mountain Ranch.A new ruling could thwart high-rise housing development in San Diego by complicating approvals
City Attorney Mara Elliott criticized it, contending it could delay projects across the city by making the approval process less certain and more complex.