Judges do not like to reverse things voters do. They are reluctant to void ballot measures the public approves. And yet, now, to the complete shame of the city of San Diego, its leadership and the city attorney’s office, the Court of Appeal has once again thrown out a ballot measure that lifted the height limit for building construction in the Midway District.

Friday, in its ruling, the court agreed with the activist group Save Our Access, which argued that the city had, once again, failed to do a full report examining the environmental impacts of raising the height limit in the neighborhood.

Background: The area is subject to the 1972 voter-approved 30-foot coastal height limit. Like SeaWorld did 25 years ago, the city put up a ballot measure in 2020 to remove the heigh limit for the ar

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