Public Resources Code section 21080.77
(a)
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)
The City of San Diego has approved, or may approve, a mixed-use development project known as the Midway Rising project, consisting of approximately 4,254 new homes, of which 2,000 are deed-restricted affordable homes at or below 80 percent of area median income, up to 130,000 square feet of commercial uses, approximately 14.5 acres of public parks and open space, and a new 16,000-seat multipurpose entertainment center.(2)
The scale of the Midway Rising project makes the project one of the largest mixed-income housing communities on the west coast and the single largest affordable housing development in California’s history.(3)
The Midway Rising project developer intends to have the construction work performed pursuant to a project labor agreement that would provide for the payment of prevailing wages and use of apprentices registered in state-approved programs.(4)
In connection with the approval of the Midway Rising project, the City of San Diego has certified, or may certify, the Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451) pursuant to this division. The City of San Diego’s Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451) imposes comprehensive mitigation measures to address potential environmental impacts associated with the development of the Midway Rising project. The City of San Diego Planning Commission reviewed and considered the Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451) pursuant to this division on September 25, 2025, and voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council of the City of San Diego certify the report and adopt the associated findings pursuant to this division.(b)
The City of San Diego’s Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451) considered by the City of San Diego Planning Commission, including technical corrections or clarifications made by the City Council of the City of San Diego in connection with the report’s certification that do not affect the comprehensive mitigation measures recommended by the City of San Diego Planning Commission, is deemed sufficient, adequate, and complete for full compliance with this division and shall be final and conclusive for purposes of reliance on that report. Any approval of the project reviewed in the Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report may rely conclusively on that report for compliance with this division.(c)
All mitigation measures required pursuant to this division adopted by the City of San Diego as the lead agency, and incorporated into the Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451), including the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, shall be conditions of approval of the project. Those conditions shall be fully enforceable by the lead agency or another agency designated by the lead agency and shall be monitored and enforced by the lead agency for the life of each applicable obligation. The project applicant shall submit to the lead agency an annual status report on the implementation of those mitigation measures.(d)
This section shall become operative upon the effective date of this section or on the date the City Council of the City of San Diego certifies the Midway Rising Specific Plan Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023120451), whichever occurs later.
Source:
Section 21080.77, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=21080.77. (updated Sep. 29, 2026; accessed Oct. 5, 2026).
