Building Industry Association
of San Diego

                      The BIA Urban Council presented its white paper on Guidelines for Urban Infill and Redevelopment to the City of San Diego Land Use and Housing Committee at its May 20th hearing.  Urban Council Chair, Marco Sessa was joined by fellow UC member, Sherm Harmer and briefed the committee on the future of development in an Assembly Bill 32 and Senate Bill 375 world. The laws created by the legislation will set green house gas limits and dictate how new construction will be designed to achieve them.

The guidelines offer policy recommendations on urban design, land use and infrastructure needs.  The recommendations were well received by committee members and even the building industry’s most ardent critics said the plan contained elements worth considering. That did not stop them, however,  from offering their opinions on growth in general and the role the BIA plays in advancing policy.  The Guidelines are available on the BIA website under the Urban Council.

We show below the Residential Building Permits issued for all of  San Diego Y-T-D through April.  The numbers are reported by the Construction Industry Research Board.  SFR stands for Single Family Residential.  MFR stands for Multi-Family Residential.   We hope this information helps you figure out where in San Diego activity takes place!  The fourth column to the right shows the change from the prior month.  The numbers are still at historic lows with some jurisdictions reporting no activity.  Yet,  the month of April showed a promising uptick in permit activity!

                                   SFR              MFR           Total        Change

CARLSBAD:             32                 15               47             24

CHULA VISTA:         69                 18               87              61

CORONADO:           14                   0                14               1

DEL MAR:                  0                    0                  0                0

EL CAJON:                4                    0                  4                0

ENCINITAS:            10                    0                10                2

ESCONDIDO:         33                    0                33              14

IMPERIAL BEACH:   0                    0                  0                0

LA MESA:                    0                    0                 0                 0

LEMON GROVE:       1                    0                  1                1

NATIONAL CITY:       8                    0                  8                0

OCEANSIDE:          13                147             160            158

POWAY:                    34                    0               34               11

SAN DIEGO:          104                294             398              56

SD COUNTY:         153                    2             155              55

SAN MARCOS:        15                103             118              11

SANTEE:                   42                    0                42              22

SOLANA BEACH:      1                     0                  1                0

VISTA:                          0                     0                  0                0

TOTALS:                  533                579           1112           415

Tuesday, May 19th:

Last night, the City of Carlsbad introduced a key J.O.I. N. Campaign related economic stimulus measure by approving an ordinance to increase the life of Tentative Maps and Tentative Parcel Maps from 2 years to 3 years.  The ordinance applies to Tentative Maps approved after the effective date of the ordinance, which is expected to be June 2nd when the ordinance is adopted.  The ordinance will last for three years unless the council decides through a subsequent action to extend or end the ordinance.  The passage of the ordinance in no way conflicts with automatic extensions granted by the state which are in addition to the initial life of Tentative Maps.

BIA is pleased to share that Brookfield Homes of San Diego joined the Partnership Program and by this action rounded off the total list of program participants at one hundred companies.   The Partnership Program raised $209,000 in its first year of activity.  This is a great result.   The program is designed to provide BIA with additional working capital.  Contact us if you want to learn how you can help BIA continue to do its good work on your behalf!