Item 7.2 – Written Communications
Defazio- Farrell – Received 6/ 16/ 2026
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Subject: Letter of Support for Item 7. 2 City Council Agenda 2026. 6. 16 Youdon't often get emailfrom Learnwhythis is
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Dear Councilmembers and Mayor McCann,
Please see the attached letter urging your yay vote for item 7.2 of today' s council agenda.
Thank you.
Best,
Zack Defazio- Farrell, Esq.
Treasurer and Law & Policy Team Member
Law & Policy Team
Yes In My Backyard ( YIMBY) Democrats of San Diego County Law@yimbydemssd. com
June 16, 2026
Honorable Mayor John McCann and Members of the City Council City of Chula Vista
276 Fourth Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91910
June 16, 2026
Re: Item 7.2, June 16, 2026 — Support for the Funding Commitment of up to $ 4,000, 000 to the Park Hill UMC Development ( Resolutions A and B)
Dear Mayor McCann and Members of the Council:
On behalf of the YIMBY Democrats of San Diego County, I urge the Council to adopt staff’s recommendation and approve Resolutions A and B, committing up to $ 4,000, 000 to the Park Hill UMC development at 545 East Naples Street.
Park Hill will create 68 homes for working families, all but the manager ’s unit restricted to households at 30 to 60 percent of area median income. Staff ranked it the stronger of the two applications, and the Housing and Homeless Advisory Commission recommended it 3 to 0.
This project will help Chula Vista meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation obligations for lower- income housing and provide much needed homes for its residents. The city’s Housing Element makes the case for this project, committing in Goal 3 to “create opportunities for affordable housing, particularly in vulnerable areas and in areas of opportunity,” and in Policy
3.4 to site such housing where it “will provide access to areas of high opportunity.” Park Hill does exactly that, placing 67 affordable homes in a moderate- resource neighborhood with no existing concentration of affordable housing. A 100 percent affordable project where its most needed in the city would be a huge benefit for the City’s low- income residents.
Additionally, this funding must be allocated to this type of project. It is not general revenue that can be redirected. Three million dollars is Low- and Moderate- Income Housing Asset Fund money, legacy redevelopment dollars that must be committed by June 30 or revert to the state, and may only be spent on affordable housing; the other million is Local Housing Trust Fund money, including a state match, equally dedicated. Failure to allocate these funds will lead to the City losing the opportunity to use the money for Affordable Housing Projects.
Policy 4.3 commits the city to “utilize available federal, state, and local financing sources and subsidies to assist in the preservation and creation of affordable housing.” These are exactly those sources. Passing on Park Hill does not save the funds; it forfeits them. The City will still be obligated to provide Affordable Housing but will have to find the funds elsewhere in the budget.
We urge the Council to fund the project as staff recommends, without further design conditions.
Under Senate Bill 4 and the State Density Bonus Law, Wakeland could have built far larger, by staff’s estimate up to roughly 108 units by right, with far less parking. The Element anticipates as much, committing the city to give 100 percent affordable and transit- oriented projects “ no density maximums and reduced/ no parking.” Wakeland sought neither, proposing 68 homes with about one space per unit, heights that step down toward the neighboring homes, and Law & Policy Team
Yes In My Backyard ( YIMBY) Democrats of San Diego County Law@yimbydemssd. com
June 16, 2026
Honorable Mayor John McCann and Members of the City Council City of Chula Vista
276 Fourth Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91910
landscaped buffers, and working with staff in good faith on drainage, privacy, lighting, and parking. The staff condition already requires those mitigations before any funds are disbursed.
We respectfully urge the Council to adopt Resolutions A and B and fund the Park Hill UMC development. Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
Zack Defazio- Farrell, Esq.
Treasurer and Law & Policy Team Member
YIMBY Democrats of San Diego County