The state of California supports San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and his real estate personnel’s preference to “pick Midway Rising to remake the city’s sports arena property in the Midway District,” according to Jennifer Van Grove of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. California Department of Housing and Community Development Assistant Deputy Dir David Zisser said that the city is “correctly adhering to the law, which was amended in 2019 to ensure that excess government-owned land is made available for affordable housing.” The agency’s comments come ahead of a “key City Council vote” and serve as an “important endorsement of the city’s method for evaluating the development teams vying to lease and redo the property.” Local representatives will decide next week whether to “accept –…..