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San Diego council reconsiders and approves All People’s Church project after heated debate and conditions
Summary
After hours of testimony and a procedural vote to reconsider, the City Council approved the All People’s Church project in Del Cerro on a 5–4 vote, adding conditions to limit gym use and ban lockers and bleachers; earlier threshold votes to suspend rules and allow reconsideration passed 6–3.
The San Diego City Council voted 5–4 on March 11 to approve the All People’s Church development on a 5.99‑acre site on College Avenue in Del Cerro, following a prior 6–3 vote to suspend council rules and a separate 6–3 vote to reconsider the project.
Council President Ado Lacava moved to reconsider the project after the council approved a procedural suspension of the rules. "As council president I will make a motion for reconsideration of the All People's Church project," he said before the votes that cleared the procedural thresholds.
Staff had recommended certifying the environmental impact report and approving the plan development and site development permits, saying the EIR and transportation analyses find the project’s impacts can be mitigated. Development project manager Martha Blake told the council the project would include a roughly 54,470‑square‑foot sanctuary with a 900‑seat main space, classrooms, offices, a two‑level parking structure and a new signalized…
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