Record Heat, a $22.75 Million Groundbreaking, and Ballot Measures Shape Santee's Week
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Santee recorded 112 degrees on Friday — the recorded temperature, not a heat index — and an Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect through 8 p.m. Thursday, with valley temperatures forecast between 95 and 105 degrees each day this week. The Santee Branch Library is the designated Cool Zone for city residents. For those in Santee, El Cajon, or Lakeside without air conditioning, officials emphasized the resource is available now.
Against that backdrop, North Palisade Partners closed on the former Santee Drive-In property at 10990 North Woodside Avenue last week in a $22.75 million acquisition of the 13.49-acre site — and immediately broke ground on the Palisade Santee Commerce Center, a 290,618-square-foot commercial and industrial project targeting completion in the third quarter of 2027. The drive-in site has been a redevelopment conversation in Santee for years; the decision to begin construction in the same motion as closing escrow signals confidence in the East County industrial market.
Mail ballots begin going out to Santee voters today, covering council contests in Districts 1 and 2, Measure Y — the city's sales-tax proposal — and Santee School District Measure BB. Measure Y would raise the city's sales-tax rate from 7.75 percent to 8.75 percent for ten years, generating an estimated $14 million annually for infrastructure, public safety, and general city services. Measure BB is a $30 million facilities bond; a town hall on that measure is scheduled Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Cajon Park's Multipurpose Room.
County Animal Services also confirmed that a new 20,000-square-foot shelter at 452 Riverview Parkway opens October 15 as the Bonita facility closes. The county clarified that Santee city residents with animal-control needs should still contact the San Diego Humane Society; the new county shelter serves unincorporated communities.