San Diego City Council approves plans for more housing in Hillcrest, University City NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

The San Diego City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to add more housing to Hillcrest and University City. Councilmembers Jennifer Campbell and Vivian Moreno were absent.

“These plan updates are critical steps forward in creating jobs, strengthening our economy, addressing our housing crisis and honoring the unique cultures and contributions of our communities,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said after the vote in a news release. “We are creating vibrant, sustainable neighborhoods that support job growth, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and improve the quality of life for all San Diegans. Hillcrest and University City will remain thriving, inclusive areas for decades to come under these innovative, strategic frameworks.”

The Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment — an amendment to the Uptown Community Plan that was adopted in 2016 — would reconstruct the neighborhood skyline with 20-story towers, paving the way for 17,000 new housing units, in an effort to more than double the population in the Uptown …