A New Community Vision and Plan for Barrio Logan!
Support a Barrio Logan that is
Safe, Healthy and Affordable for Everyone!
The residents of Barrio Logan deserve a community that is vibrant, healthy and free of toxic pollution. The current community plan and zoning have not accomplished that. As downtown San Diego and the surrounding neighborhoods change, we need to ensure that future development in our community will benefit and be affordable to current residents. Residentes en Acción Logan, (Comité REAL) a committee of Environmental Health Coalition, drafted the following principles for future development in Barrio Logan:
Ensure Healthy Neighborhoods!
- Industrial areas must be separated from residential areas.
- New housing should not be built close to the freeway, on 28th Street or on Harbor Drive.
- Truck traffic from the Port and other major industrial facilities, must be redirected away from residential areas and be limited to designated truck routes along Harbor Drive, 28th St., 32nd St., and Civic Center Drive.
- Sound barriers, such as walls and green belts, should be built along the freeways.
Create Affordable Housing!
- New rental and for sale housing must be affordable to current residents (those making less than $40,000 per year.)
- More affordable senior housing should be constructed.
Preserve community character!
- New buildings should not exceed three stories in height.
- The existing housing stock must be protected, maintained, and rehabilitated.
- Protect community-serving small businesses.
Promote a liveable community!
- New development must include more centrally located community services, more parks, and more recreational and educational centers for all age groups.
- All new development should prioritize the creation and protection of jobs with liveable wages and healthcare benefits.
This Vision will make our community safer, healthier and more affordable!
- Approximately 1,643,900 pounds of toxic or hazardous materials, liquids and solids, and 374,650 cubic feet of toxic or hazardous gases will be removed from our neighborhoods!
- Over FIVE TONS (11,000 pounds) per year of toxic air contaminants that are currently emitted near homes and schools will be moved to an industrial area. This includes over 600 POUNDS of diesel emissions, and over 100 POUNDS of heavy metals.
- Between 1200 and 1600 affordable housing units will be added to the community!
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