Effort to declare Marina Village surplus land, opening it up to housing, implodes

Tucked in the far southwest corner of Mission Bay Park, the aging Marina Village conference center and boat docks seem an unlikely place for the latest controversy over housing in San Diego.

But in July, the 28-acre site became the flashpoint over several related issues: a half-century old state law reconfigured to push local governments to build more affordable housing, skepticism over the city of San Diego’s real estate dealings and the future of Mission Bay parkland.

While the move to designate the Marina Village parcels surplus land seemed to come out of nowhere and publicly surfaced in early July, a review of city and state records by inewsource shows that the property lease was being discussed inside City Hall starting in the first half of the year…

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