SAN DIEGO (CNS) – 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 to enter into a 60-year lease to convert the long- vacant property into nearly 250 residential units for families earning between 30% and 80% of the area’s median income.
Copies of the ground lease and disposition and development agreement — which were not available at the time of the committee’s vote — are being sought in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of city resident John Gordon, who previously sued the city over its lease-to-own agreement for the 101 Ash St. property…