After 7 to 8 years of at-times contentious community debates and discussions, of this group and that group vigorously lobbying the San Diego City Council, the council on Tuesday finally made a decision in how to transform much of northeastern Mission Bay. Supporters call the decision is for a "climate-friendly marshland that can fight sea-level rise and pull carbon from the air."
It's a compromise! supporters yell, and it's a fair one. A back-and-forth between environmentalists, city staffers and camping and recreation sports advocates has been going on so long, a certain fatigue has set in - and many are just happy to have a final decision, even if it's a compromise.
Of course, a compromise assumes some kind of equal give-and-take between the parties. But it's not like tennis proponents and camping dons have the same gravitas as nature -- and a need for all of us to gain benefits from more marshland because the climate crisis is accelerating.
After 7 to 8 years of at-times contentious community debates and discussions, of this group and that group vigorously lobbying the San Diego City Council, the council on Tuesday finally made a decision in how to transform much of northeastern Mission Bay. Supporters call the decision is for a "climate-friendly marshland that can fight sea-level rise and pull carbon from the air."
It's a compromise! supporters yell, and it's a fair one. A back-and-forth between environmentalists, city staffers and camping and recreation sports advocates has been going on so long, a certain fatigue has set in - and many are just happy to have a final decision, even if it's a compromise.
Of course, a compromise assumes some kind of equal give-and-take between the parties. But it's not like tennis proponents and camping dons have the same gravitas as nature -- and a need for all of us to gain benefits from more marshland because the climate crisis is accelerating.