Twice, in five years, the city of San Diego has put on the ballot a measure to lift the height limit in Midway. Twice, voters approved it. And, now twice, a state Court of Appeal has thrown it all out because the city didn’t properly or fully study its impact to the environment.

Friday the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that the city’s attempt to fix what it did wrong the first time came up short.

I went through the ruling in this Politics Report (open to public).

The direct impacts: The 30-foot height limit is reinstated in the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Planning Area.

The unknown impacts: What’s this mean for the project — Midway Rising — that promised a new arena and many higher-than-30-foot structures in Midway, including a new arena? The city did these ballot measures th

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