San Diego County's Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to approve construction of 121 affordable homes and a new health care facility on surplus county property in Logan Heights, marking the first time the county's surplus-land housing program has paired new housing with a full replacement of an aging health clinic on the same site.
The development is planned for 3177 Ocean View Boulevard, spread across three county-owned parcels totaling roughly 1.82 acres, according to Engage San Diego County. The existing health center on the site was built in 1957 and has reached the end of its operational lifespan, prompting the county to move forward with a full rebuild. The Board's vote was first reported by SanDiegoCounty on the social platform X.
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Who Will Live There
All 121 residential units will be restricted to households earning up to 60% of the Area Median Income, with designated housing set aside for seniors, low-income families, veterans, former foster youth, and people at risk of homelessness, per the county's announcement. Nonprofit developer BRIDGE Housing Corporation was selected to build the residential portion of the project. Separately, healthcare provider San Ysidro Health will construct and operate a new 23,800-square-foot Federally Qualified Health Center on the site, complete with its own parking garage.
To keep medical services running for the more than 12,000 active patients the clinic currently serves, San Ysidro Health will continue operating out of an adjacent parcel while the new health facility is under construction, addressing a concern the community had raised about potential service gaps during redevelopment.
A 99-Year Lease and Sustainability Requirements
The project is structured around a 99-year ground lease that requires the site to remain affordable housing and a health clinic for the entire term. Initial lease payments will be deposited into San Diego County's Innovative Housing Trust Fund, a mechanism the county uses to recycle revenue into future affordable housing projects elsewhere.
The housing portion is designed to exceed California's energy-efficiency standards and achieve GreenPoint Silver certification, while the health center must meet LEED Silver environmental standards. Planned amenities include a community garden and play areas for residents.
A Regional Housing Shortfall
The project comes amid stark numbers on the county's affordable housing gap. A public comment document citing the San Diego County 2025 Affordable Housing Needs Report found that 135,211 low-income renter households across the county lack access to affordable housing, according to a filing on Engage San Diego County. That scale of need has pushed the county to lean more heavily on its surplus land inventory as a tool for new construction.
The Ocean View Boulevard project falls under California's Surplus Land Act, which requires local government entities that declare public land excess to offer it to affordable housing developers before leasing or selling it for other purposes. The law was expanded under Assembly Bill 1486 in 2019, and enforcement of its requirements has become a point of political friction elsewhere in the region, as Hoodline previously reported in its coverage of a fight over housing near Mission Bay.
Part of a Broader County Pattern
The Logan Heights approval follows a pattern the county has used elsewhere. At its Mt. Etna campus in Clairemont Mesa, the county previously used surplus land to build the 79-unit Paul Downey Senior Residence, which Hoodline reported opened in January 2025 as part of a planned four-phase, 404-unit development. The county has also moved forward with other surplus-land projects, including a 224-unit affordable housing development in City Heights approved by the Board of Supervisors in May 2025.
The Ocean View Boulevard site sits within Greater Logan Heights, an area that encompasses Logan Heights and nearby neighborhoods such as Sherman Heights and Stockton. The area is home to roughly 27,000 residents, about 85% of whom are Spanish-speaking, according to the San Diego Promise Zone, underscoring the need for community engagement reflective of local demographics as the project moves forward. Key details to watch during construction will include how smoothly San Ysidro Health maintains uninterrupted care on the adjacent lot and how quickly the new units are leased to the veterans, former foster youth, and other target populations the project is designed to serve.
