Despite being billed as "building housing near transit", the greatest impact of SB 79 would be to push high-density development into single-family and low-density multi-family neighborhoods up to a mile or more from existing high-quality transit.

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To help legislators, the media, and the general public visualize the impact that SB 79 will have on their neighborhoods, Neighbors For A Better San Diego (NFABSD) has drilled down on the SB 79 Eligible Areas map to create street level examples of where SB 79 would be allowed. The walking maps and street views of each example can be viewed by clicking on the link.

These examples are by no means exhaustive. In San Diego, for example, SB 79 would extend into more than half of San Diego’s single-family parcels. This isn’t transit-oriented development, it’s infill sprawl.

Note that many of these examples are middle-class neighborhoods with modest homes that would normally provide opportunities for first-time homebuyers. SB 79 would drive up the price of these properties and put them out of reach of would-be homeowners.

Note also that SB 79’s one-half mile radial distance includes properties that are more than one-half mile walking distance from transit, and may even extend to 2 miles or more.