Coastal Commission denies Quail Meadows appeals
ENCINITAS — The 448-unit Quail Meadows Apartments project in Encinitas is moving forward after the California Coastal Commission denied a set of appeals from local...
Quail Gardens Drive
Baldwin & Sons under scrutiny as Encinitas housing battle looms
ENCINITAS — As city officials prepare to challenge a controversial housing project before the California Coastal Commission, residents say the developer’s history of legal disputes...
Encinitas boy raises $1,500 to support park proposal at L7 site
ENCINITAS — A local 10-year-old boy offered to donate the money he raised in support of a proposal to build a park on a city-owned...
Op-ed: A park belongs on Quail Gardens Drive site, as promised
By Steven Gerken Mayor Tony Kranz is asking his colleagues to consider a park on city-owned property on Quail Gardens Drive. When the City Council...
Developer submits revised plans for Quail Meadows Apartments
ENCINITAS — After withering public debate and a monthslong hiatus spent reevaluating the controversial Quail Meadows Apartments, the developer has revised its plans for the...
Op-Ed: Affordable housing task force may resolve L-7 divide
There has been much attention again on the city-owned parcel in Encinitas known as L-7. Ever since the City Council purchased this nearly 10-acre parcel...
Encinitas task force to explore alternative sites for 100% low-income housing
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council will assemble an affordable housing task force to explore alternative sites for a 100% low-income housing project after residents...
Commentary: L-7 site designation eliminates future park from Encinitas
I am disappointed with the City Council’s recent declaration of the L-7 site along Quail Gardens Drive as surplus land in order to turn what...
Encinitas continues to study low-income housing at L-7 site
ENCINITAS — The fate of a 7.65-acre city-owned parcel on Quail Gardens Drive, known as L-7, has long been the subject of interest and division...
Encinitas denies group’s appeal of Moonlight Apartments
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council denied a group’s appeal of the recently approved Moonlight Apartments project during its Sept. 13 meeting. The 202-unit development,...
HOAs urge Encinitas to reassess impacts of Quail Gardens projects
ENCINITAS – The two-and-a-half-mile stretch along Quail Gardens Drive is changing, and not all residents are happy with what is to come. Four by-right developments,...
County finds ‘no correlation’ between hemp farm, neighbors’ reported illnesses
ENCINITAS — Following a battle with neighbors over the summer, a county agriculture department’s investigation found that a former Encinitas hemp farm was using an...
Encinitas City Council approves Fox Point Farms project
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council unanimously approved the Fox Point Farms housing project during last Wednesday’s meeting. The council denied an appeal filed by...
Blakespear to seek re-election in Encinitas mayoral race
Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear announced this weekend that she is seeking re-election to another two-year term in November....
Potential L-7 land swap discussed
The city, a property owner and an affordable housing developer are in early discussions about a potential land swap that could pave the way for...