SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX5/KUSI) — Assemblymember Tasha Boerner’s (D-77) bill in response to Project Vela, a controversial 23-story high-rise in Pacific Beach, passed the Assembly floor on Wednesday.
Assembly Bill (AB) 87 will help ensure that the state’s Density Bonus Law (DBL) is primarily used for residential spaces instead of resorts, hotels or other “visiting-servicing” purposes.
Project Vela is a proposed 238-foot-tall building, composed of 200 units. Of these units, 139 are for “visitor accommodation,” 65 will be market-rate units and only 10 will be targeted for low- and moderate-income tenants…