San Diego City: Measure B and C

• Party: Initiative

Two City of San Diego Barrio Logan Community Plan Update Referendums, Measure B & Measure C ballot questions are on the June 3, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of San Diego in San Diego County,California.

Measures B and C were put on the ballot through a successful referendum petition by a coalition mostly consisting of shipyard businesses and military contractors in order to allow voters to make a decision about proposed amendments to the Barrio Logan Community Plan and the city zoning ordinances necessary to implement them. The approval of Measure B would adopt a city resolution to abide by the proposed community plan, and the approval of Measure C would enact the zoning ordinances necessary to carry it out. These zoning changes were originally approved by city council in a party-line vote in which the five Democrat city council members voted to approve the plan and the four Republican city council members voted against it.^[1]

The plan chiefly concerns nearly a thousand acres in the Barrio Logan Community that are mostly located between downtown, Interstate 5, and the San Diego Bay. The proposed plan moves this area in the direction of residential development and commercial/retail development and away from the current use of the property, which is chiefly industrial and closely tied to the operation of the shipyards and the navy in the San Diego Bay.^[1]

A “yes” vote on Measure B and Measure C supports the city council decision and approves the proposed plan. A “no” vote overturns the proposed plan, leaving the industrial zoning in place, which is the desired outcome of the referendum petitioners. If the proposed plan is rejected by voters, no similar plan could be re-enacted by the city for at least 12 months.^[1][2]