California environmental laws are essential to meet housing and climate goals
by Lisa Ross, Josh Chatten-Brown and Peter Andersen San Diego Union Tribune January 23, 2026 San Diegans deserve sensible housing that offers protection from wildfires, traffic gridlock and the ravages of climate change. Sierra Club San Diego favors smart and affordable housing, and we are proud of our record supporting sensible development designed to ensure the health and safety of future residents and existing neighborhoods. This includes San Diego State University’s Missi
Opinion: The Fairbanks field follies are one more city land-use botch
by Lisa Ross San Diego Union Tribune January 22, 2026 The latest chapter in the city of San Diego’s woeful public lands playbook would be farcical if it wasn’t so tragically misguided by the latest failure to properly manage the city’s open space in the San Dieguito River Valley basin for the public’s benefit. The plot twist delivered in October centers on the City Council’s approval of a new exclusive lease concocted by the city attorney worth millions to a private nonprofi
