From SDUT published 5/3/2026: San Diego seeking delays, exemptions to new state law requiring high-rises near transit stops. The law – SB 79 – requires the city to nearly double the number of housing units allowed near its major transit stops.
Big zoning changes that will allow high-rise housing near trolley stations and a few major bus stops are coming to San Diego under a new state law, but city officials want to delay the law’s impact in many neighborhoods.
The law — Senate Bill 79 — requires the city to nearly double the number of housing units allowed near its major transit stops from the 494,000 now allowed to 861,000, an increase of 367,000 housing units.
But because the state is allowing cities to delay some of the extraordinary zoning changes, city planning officials will ask the City Council on Thursday to limit where SB 79 takes effect immediately to just 16% of land near transit stops.
Under the proposal, the zoning changes would take effect immediately only in areas with high incomes and strong amenities — areas deemed most able to absorb new housing and the new residents that come with it.
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San Diego seeking delays, exemptions to new state law requiring high-rises near transit stops
