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La Mesa council approves 73-unit Jericho Road condominium final map amid neighborhood objections
Summary
The La Mesa City Council approved a final map for a 73-unit condominium development at 9407 Jericho Road on June 23, 2026; residents raised concerns about park maintenance, construction hours, parking and potential conversion to rentals, but the council treated the item as a ministerial final map and recorded the motion as carrying unanimously.
The La Mesa City Council voted June 23 to approve a final map for La Mesa Tract No. 20232348, a one-lot subdivision for a 73-unit condominium development at 9407 Jericho Road, despite vocal neighborhood opposition.
Martha Bridal, who was introduced by the clerk as the first public commenter, told the council she had stopped using a nearby park after staffing and maintenance were reduced and accused the council of prioritizing developers over residents. “Your untruthfulness and selling this project to the community is unforgivable,” Bridal said, adding that new apartment-style projects are “just places to house people on top of each other” and degrade neighborhood character.
Jerry Jones, who identified himself as a planning commissioner, urged the council to remember the limited scope of the hearing: he said the item before the council was a final approval and described the development as for-sale condominiums rather than rentals. “This particular development is for sale condos,” Jones said, noting the project’s proximity to a trolley station and that the developer had increased parking after earlier public input.
Council member Lothian voiced concerns about neighborhood impacts — “It’s the congestion and the parking and the traffic, and it’s just gotten out of control” — but said she would register her objection in the record while acknowledging that the approval before the council was administrative. The city attorney explained the procedural threshold, telling the council that under municipal code a resolution or ordinance must garner three affirmative votes to pass.
After brief remarks and the motion to approve, the transcript records the vote as “Motion carries with all council members voting yes.” No amendment or additional conditions were placed on the map in the minutes recorded in the transcript.
The vote completes the city’s final ministerial review of the map; the developer may proceed with entitlements already granted, subject to any remaining ministerial steps not described in the meeting transcript.
What’s next: The council recorded the administrative approval; transcript and staff comments did not list additional conditions or permit changes beyond what had been previously reviewed.
