YIMBYs say city breaking state law with Turquoise Tower pushback

The controversial Turquoise Tower development in Pacific Beach has another legal challenge surrounding it, this time from the folks who want to see the 23-story towers through. If you haven’t kept up with this development, it’s a project that relies on the state’s Density Bonus Law to propose a mixed-use tower on Turquoise Street in Pacific Beach. The cruz of the issue (besides height), is the developer’s gambit to maximize units in the project by including “hotel rooms” that they intend to rent out through traditional, long-term leases rather than nightly or weekly stays. Kinda like… apartments.

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