University Community Plan Update

The University Community Plan serves as the long-range vision for land use, mobility, urban design, public facilities and services, natural resources, historic and cultural resources, and economic development. This update plans for more opportunities for homes, jobs and mixed-use development connected to the University of California San Diego, retail and employment centers, hospitals, health care facilities, residential areas, public spaces, and bus rapid and light rail stations.

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This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the City of San Diego's Strategic Plan: 

Create Homes for All of Us
Focuses opportunities for housing within mixed-use and residential areas.

Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood

Identifies opportunities for public spaces and pocket parks, trails and joint-use facilities.

Provides guidance for the future identification and preservation of historical resources and districts that embody architectural and cultural history.

Advance Mobility & Infrastructure

Identifies opportunities for mobility infrastructure that improve walking, rolling, biking and transit connections.

Champion Sustainability

Promotes opportunities for urban greening and street trees to address stormwater runoff and climate change.

Protects canyons, open space and sensitive habitat.

Foster Regional Prosperity

Promotes University of California San Diego, health care facilities and employment uses as economic drivers connected to regional transit.