Two property owners in East Elliott, a 2,300-acre uninhabited section of eastern San Diego where large housing subdivisions were once planned, say the city cost them millions by illegally declaring the area open space.
Today, East Elliott is mostly barren hillsides and flatlands located south of Scripps Ranch, west of Santee and just north of state Route 52 and the bulk of Mission Trails Regional Park. City officials say it’s a crucial corridor for endangered wildlife. The agreements, which the plaintiffs argue should nullify the city’s 1997 decision to make the area open space, require San Diego to plan and build a road network across East Elliott and install water and sewer lines for the new neighborhood.
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