Midway Rising Heads to Fall Council With Open Questions on Enforceable Affordable-Housing Deadlines
A Sept. 20, 2026 Times of San Diego opinion by Peninsula Community Planning Board member Christine Smith argues the Midway Rising disposition still lets the developer delay the promised about 2,000 deed-restricted units if subsidies are not secured, ahead of Land Use & Housing Committee review in October and full Council later in fall. The piece flags Surplus Land Act / Density Bonus obligations and SB 344's reliance on the affordable-unit pledge while noting Phase 1 only locks a smaller deed-restricted tranche on a clear schedule. This is an opinion column, not a staff report or Council vote, and it builds on prior Midway Rising / SB 344 cards on this Point Loma board without retelling the CEQA bill alone.
What the opinion flags
Smith's Times of San Diego opinion focuses on whether the larger affordable-housing commitment is enforceable on a hard calendar before City Council acts. The column argues subsidy risk could let most of the deed-restricted pledge slip even as SB 344 and Surplus Land Act / Density Bonus framing lean on that pledge. Phase 1, in the author's telling, only locks a smaller deed-restricted tranche on a clear schedule. Readers should treat this as attributed opinion commentary, then watch the October committee and later Council actions for the binding documents.
Why it matters
- New week-of focus on whether Midway's about 2,000 affordable units are contractually enforceable before City Council votes.
- Builds on prior Midway Rising / SB 344 cards on the Point Loma board without retelling the CEQA bill alone.
Related on this site: SB 344 Midway Rising deal coverage; Midway Rising CEQA exemption coverage; Midway Rising forum / state bill coverage.
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