Re “The city’s bonus ADU program should be reformed, not killed” (May 3): The letter by Bill Li regarding planning group elections in Kensington-Talmadge is a distortion. When contests are competitive and issues are hot, turnout is large. During elections in 2024 and 2025, turnout was four times and five times higher than the older, quieter contests Li selectively cited. Planning groups remain the city’s best tool to gauge neighborhood sentiment.
David Levine’s letter portrayed the ADU proposal from the Community Planners Committee proposal as a “panic.” As ADU committee chair for the Community Planners Committee, I know firsthand that these proposals were carefully developed by serious-minded San Diegans. It was the original Bonus ADU program — cooked up during a few weeks in late summer 2020 and hurried through City Hall in eight weeks — that was the product of a panicked, thoughtless process.
— David Moty, Talmadge
