Mid-City Communities Plan Update
The Mid-City Community Plan Update, which combines four planning areas (City Heights, Eastern Area, Kensington-Talmadge, and Normal Heights) started in 2025 and is ongoing.
The planning schedule is:
August 2026 - First Draft
September 18, 2026 - Mid-City Communities Plan Update Working Group | 6:00 PM | Park de la Cruz Gymnasium
September 2026 - Planning Group presentations
September 1 - Normal Heights Community Planning Group | 6:00 p.m. | The Selby Team Office
September 8 - Eastern Area Communities Planning Committee | 7:00 p.m. | Teen Challenge International
September 14 - City Heights Area Planning Committee | 6:15 p.m. | City Heights Library
September 21 - Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group | 6:30 p.m. | Kensington Community Church
September - November - Boards and Commissions
September 2 - Mobility Board
October 15 - Park and Recreation Board
November 19 - Planning Commission (3rd Workshop)
After receiving input from these meetings, City Planning will make revisions and release a Second Draft of the Plan in January/February of 2027.
This will go back to the City Boards in March 2027, the Planning Commission in May 2027, and finally the City Council (including Land Use and Housing and the full Council) for adoption in June 2027.
Update September 7, 2026
City Planning has released the First Draft of the Mid-City Communities Plan Update, which can be viewed here.
While not as extreme as the Concept Plan 2 presented the Planning Commission, the First Draft plan is seriously flawed:
1. Converts single-family zones into high-rise density because it doesn't account for Complete Communities.
2. Fails to concentrate density on transit corridors, which dooms future transit investments to failure.
3. Proposes no economic development to justify adding more residents to Mid-City.
Update March 19, 2026
At the March 19, Planning Commission workshop, the Planning Commission did not approve either of the Planning Department's concepts for upzoning large areas of San Diego's Mid-City neighborhoods.
Commissioners generally said they were looking for a more balanced approach—focusing growth along major corridors while transitioning into existing neighborhoods.
Mid-City Communities include: Normal Heights, Kensington, Talmadge, City Heights, El Cerrito, and Eastern Areas (Rolando, Rolando Park, Redwood Village, Oak Park, Webster).
For the most recent updates on the Mid-City Communities Plan Update, please visit the Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group at ktpg.org.