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After Niteharts, a Path to Quieter Nights
Bass from the Niteharts festival at Snapdragon Stadium, 2.1 miles away, shook University Heights for three nights in October. UHCA reached out to the City, SDSU, and Assemblymember Chris Ward, whose office pressed SDSU for change. Sunday’s show ended early at lower volume, and SDSU plans weather-based sound modeling. Here’s how to report it next time.
Drop ALPR: Shut the Door on AI Surveillance
In the second of two perspectives on automated license plate readers, UC San Diego professor Lilly Irani argues that ALPRs threaten neighbors’ safety. She cites stalking and wrongful-arrest cases, past improper data sharing by SDPD, third-party data access, and expanding AI features, and calls on San Diego to drop Flock in favor of community-designed safety.
What ALPR Is, and How SDPD Uses It
Automated license plate readers photograph passing vehicles and log plate, time, and location. In the first of two perspectives, Deborah Morrison explains how SDPD uses ALPRs, the results the department reports since December 2023, and the policy safeguards it cites, including 30-day data deletion and a ban on immigration enforcement. A more critical view follows in November.
Brucker Ed Center Site: Final Proposal Presentations & Public Comment Ahead of Selection Vote
The San Diego Unified School District Board will hear from all four developers and public comment before voting on a path forward for redevelopment of the 4100 Normal Street Brucker Education Center.
Brucker Ed Center Site: Proposal Advancing to Board Vote on Wednesday December 10
The San Diego Unified School District Board will hear recommendations for redevelopment of the 4100 Normal Street Brucker Education Center.
Results of Uptown Priorities Poll: What University Heights Residents Value Most
University Heights residents ranked restaurants, canyons, and existing parks highest in Uptown Community Planning Group survey about what makes the neighborhood special.
Rally for Smarter & More Affordable Housing Development
A rally to protest another large-scale development that doesn’t address the need for more affordable housing is planned for Saturday September 6 at 11am at 1526 Meade Avenue.
FAQ: Brucker Site Redevelopment
To help everyone better understand how we got to this point, we’ve assembled this FAQ.
Brucker Ed Center Site: 7 years and $500,000 Later... and We're Starting Over
SDUSD and the UH community have had large-scale visioning meetings at the Brucker Auditorium four times already since 2018, with the final one on November 8, 2023. This is not the beginning - this is a complete restart.
Ensuring Responsible Development at the Brucker Site: What Can We Do
In “The Brucker Site: Past, Present, and Future” on the front page, Kristin Harms and Bill Ellig have given us a comprehensive (and excellent) summary of how we got to this point today.
Park Blvd. Bike Lane Reconfiguration
Compendium of articles, letters, and opinion pieces around the Park Blvd. bike lanes that were implemented in May-July 2022.
UH has Spoken: 72% against adding Restrooms to Old Trolley Barn Park
Councilmember Whitburn advised UHCA leadership in early February 2022 that Mayor Gloria and his staff were proceeding with initial engineering plans and gathering community outreach regarding the installation of “comfort stations” (restrooms) in Old Trolley Barn Park. UHCA undertook a survey which showed an overwhelming response against this proposal.
Past, Present, and Future of the UH Branch San Diego Public Library
UH News produced a special section in our July 2021 issue looking at the past, present, and future of our “small, but mighty” UH Branch Library. This section covered the origins and history of our UH library, the current situation, and some thought provoking ideas for updating it to meet the needs of our growing community.