Circulate San Diego and the Casita Coalition wrote to encourage the City of San Diego to reorient its Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) program to help more ordinary homeowners.
In our letter, we recognize that some investor-driven large ADU projects have generated significant opposition to San Diego’s ADU policy. A successful ADU program must create units in the near term, and have the political sustainability to create new homes into the future. Some reforms are appropriate to ensure the long-term success of San Diego’s ADU program.
As San Diego considers restrictions on larger ADU bonus projects, the City should simultaneously update its program to make it easier to build single and small-number ADU projects. That will reorient the program to help more ordinary homeowners, who are far more likely to want to build few, or only one ADU on their properties. Read the letter here.
