US EditionSan Diego Taxpayer Sues over Transparency in 101 Ash Street $250M Proposal
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – The lawsuit challenges the city's refusal to disclose terms of a $250 million lease to convert 101 Ash Street into 247 affordable apartments, citing transparency and conflict of interest concerns.
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San Diego taxpayer sues over transparency in 101 Ash Street $250M proposal
The blighted 101 Ash St. building in downtown San Diego has been a source of controversy for years. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) A public records lawsuit was filed Monday seeking documents from the city of San Diego related to the recent $250 million proposal to transform the blighted 101 Ash St. building into affordable housing units. The city’s Land Use and Housing Committee recently voted unanimously to recommend approving a deal…
Public records lawsuit filed over 101 Ash St. affordable housing proposal
"City officials are attempting to approve the 101 Ash Street (disposition and development agreement) and ground lease and related documents while concealing their essential terms from public scrutiny," the complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court reads.
San Diego U-T Editorial Board: ‘Don’t Rush into Ash Street Deal’
In a city where so many big plans have gone so badly for 30 years, San Diego residents shouldn’t just be wary when another bold proposal comes along — they should be terrified. That’s especially true when it comes to cleaning up after Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s 2016 agreement to enter into a 20-year, $127 million lease-to-own deal for the former Sempra Energy headquarters at 101 Ash Street. Contrary to the enduring narrative that the city had no wa…
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