Issues · Smart Growth
Build to the plan.
Moreno Valley spent years on its general plan. It was studied, debated, and tested in court. It already makes room for more housing. David's position is simple: build what the plan allows, where the plan allows it, and make sure the roads, water, and evacuation routes keep up.
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The plan already makes room for more homes. California has a housing shortage, and Moreno Valley is doing its part. The city's general plan raised the density allowed in certain areas after years of study, public hearings, and legal challenges, including review by the state Attorney General. The plan was finally certified in 2026.
The problem is the exceptions. Zone changes and plan amendments approved one project at a time add density the plan never studied. Each one looks small. Together they add traffic, strain water and sewer, and crowd schools, and nobody looks at the total.
The east end sits on a fault line. The San Jacinto Fault runs just east of Redlands Boulevard. Building there should follow what the geology allows, not what a project's numbers require.
It's also fire country. Much of the eastern hills are mapped by the state as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Fires there aren't a question of if.
Everyone has to be able to get out. After an earthquake or a wildfire, thousands of families could need to leave on the same few roads at once. Every home added out there puts one more car on those roads. State law already requires cities to plan for evacuation routes. That planning should come before more homes do.
What David will do
Stick to the general plan.
No piecemeal zone changes or plan amendments that add density the plan didn't study. If the plan needs to change, change it the right way: citywide, studied, and in public.
Protect the east end.
On the far east side, near the fault and in the high fire zone, hold development to what the plan allows, and only where evacuation routes can handle it.
Evacuation routes before rooftops.
Before approving homes in hazard areas, the city should show residents how many people the routes out can carry, and how long it would take to clear the area.
Infrastructure keeps pace.
Roads, water, sewer, schools, fire stations, and deputies planned and funded alongside new homes, not years after the traffic arrives.
Put density where it belongs.
More homes near major streets, transit, jobs, and shopping, where the plan already puts them.
Real driveways and real parking.
New homes should be built for how families here live, not with parking as an afterthought.
Why David
David serves on the Planning Commission and has been a contractor for decades. He knows what a general plan is for, what infrastructure costs, and what happens when building gets ahead of the roads. Growth can be balanced with careful planning, but it shouldn't cost the people who already live here.
"We have to be mindful of not putting residents, present or future, in harm's way."