{"id":409365,"date":"2026-07-23T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409365\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:26:07","slug":"topgolf-project-should-not-be-allowed-on-public-tidelands-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409365\/","title":{"rendered":"Topgolf project should not be allowed on public tidelands \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re \u201cAfter years of silence, plan for polarizing Topgolf venue on San Diego Bay on path to approval\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/07\/19\/after-years-of-silence-plan-for-polarizing-topgolf-venue-on-san-diego-bay-on-path-to-approval\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 19<\/a>): The Topgolf project has no place on our public tidelands.<\/p>\n<p>Prior developments have converted sandy shorelines to inaccessible riprap and concrete bulwarks, filled in wetlands and degraded the bay\u2019s historical scenic character.<\/p>\n<p>Topgolf would be the crowning insult by erecting an inappropriate high-end golf facility with 170-foot-tall (17 stories!) netting surrounding a 4.5-acre driving range, preventing public access or use.<\/p>\n<p>This should be an unthinkable use for one of the last portions of public trust lands in North Bay that could be dedicated as a large park with natural habitats, accessible to San Diegans of all incomes.<\/p>\n<p>The draft environmental impact report does not accurately assess Topgolf\u2019s direct conflicts with the Public Trust Doctrine and Coastal Act. It uses selective locations to analyze scenic effects, downplaying Topgolf\u2019s destructive impacts; fails to effectively evaluate its impacts on our bird and wildlife populations; and minimizes traffic concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Tippets, La Jolla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re \u201cAfter years of silence, plan for polarizing Topgolf venue on San Diego Bay on path to approval\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1564,975,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-409365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-opinion","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}