San Diego Regains 76 Acres of Bayfront

City and De Anza Cove Homeowners Settle Case that Dates Back to the 1980s

Source: Written by SD Metro Magazine in Daily Business Report December 17, 2014

A legal dispute that began during the Jimmy Carter Administration has been resolved after 35 years, with tenants of the De Anza Cove mobile-home park agreeing to voluntarily depart their Mission Bay residences more than a decade after their original eviction date and the city agreeing to pay them $77,000 per household or $22 million total.

In October, the De Anza Cove Homeowners Association voted to accept the city of San Diego’s terms for settling the case and the City Council approved the settlement on Tuesday. Both sides agreed to the terms of a Superior Court judgment on the amount and terms upon which the city should compensate the tenants.

Under the terms of the settlement, tenants will move out of the park within a year and receive relocation compensation averaging $77,000 per household, for a total of $22 million.

The legal dispute, which began with a city attorney’s opinion in 1978, spanned 19 City Councils and eight mayors. With the close of this chapter, the property can return to recreational, commercial and educational uses, as intended by state law.

“Mission Bay was never intended to be a mobile-home park,” City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said. “It is an active and accessible public park — the world’s largest water park – and a place for recreation and tourism, for paddle-boarding and picnics. This settlement fairly compensates the tenants who will be displaced, but most importantly it returns to San Diego 76 waterfront acres we never should have lost.”

In addition to compensating the tenants, the city will pay attorney fees equal to one-third of the total amount paid.

Future uses of the property will be decided by the City Council.

 

 

 

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