"The San Diego City Council tentatively approved two plans Thursday to let housing developers build more than 9,000 units near transit stations in Pacific Beach, Clairemont Mesa and Linda Vista," according to a city news service announcement published on August 1, 2019.

Prior to the vote, Andrew Keatts reported on the Morena Corridor Specific Plan, which had a long route to this benchmark moment.

"Five years, two City Council races and three planning directors later, San Diego is poised to make way for new homes near the largest transit investment it’s ever made," according Keatts. The plan also overcame a "fierce and well-organized neighborhood opposition" to reach this point.

Keatts summarizes the plan, which is intended to integrate land use density with the new Mid-Coast Trolley line coming to the city: