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Mostly you can't right now — Balboa Park went to paid parking on January 5, 2026. City of San Diego residents can register for free parking in Level 2 and Level 3 lots; everyone else pays. Paid parking is scheduled to end entirely on January 1, 2027.

MTS Route 992. It's $2.50 for adults ($1.25 reduced), runs every 15 minutes seven days a week, and takes about 15 minutes to Santa Fe Depot downtown.

August is the peak at about 68°F, with July and September close behind around 66–67°F. June is only 64–65°F despite feeling like summer — the water lags the air by roughly two months.

The bay side, not the ocean side. Mission Bay is a sheltered aquatic park protected from Pacific swell — that distinction matters far more for small kids than which beach town you pick.

The marine layer — a shallow deck of cool, damp ocean air that sits on the coast and burns off inland first. The gap between a coastal and an inland neighborhood on the same afternoon regularly runs 10–20°F.

That June is a sunny beach month. It's usually the grayest stretch of the year on the coast — "June Gloom" — while inland areas a few miles east are clear and hot. And the water is still only about 64–65°F.

Yes — under California Civil Code §1103.2, sellers must give you a Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement covering flood, fire, and earthquake fault zones before you close. It's required, and it doesn't quantify the risk.

Limited, but real. The Blue Line trolley's Mid-Coast extension connects downtown to UTC — one of the county's largest job and biotech hubs — since Nov 2021. Everywhere else, budget for a car.

Often, yes. Prop 19 lets homeowners 55+, severely disabled, or disaster victims transfer their old taxable value to a new home statewide, up to three times.

They rotate by week of the month — and it's free for San Diego city and county residents and active military only, with photo ID showing your address. Visitors from out of town pay full price.