Torrey Hills, San Diego

Torrey Hills is a community of located in northern San Diego, California, United States.GeographyTorrey Hills is bordered to the north by State Route 56 and Carmel Valley, to the northeast by Carmel Valley, to the south and southeast by Los Peñasquitos Canyon and Mira Mesa, and to the west by Interstate 5.HistoryIn 1979 when Carmel Valley was being planned, the city had conducted studies on the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve as an open space park, but,had not determined the boundary of the park. The city then designated Sorrento Hills (now Torrey Hills) as Future Urbanizing on the General Plan.In February 1980, Genstar-Peñasquitos (now AG Land Associates, LLC) dedicated a total of of Los Peñasquitos Canyon to the city. This created a border for the preserve. As a result, a community planning program was initiated, and the original plan area was transferred from Future Urbanizing to Planned Urbanizing on the General Plan, excluding adjacent to the Sorrento Hills community planning area, which was designated as Future Urbanizing.On November 4, 1986, San Diego voters approved a transfer of of government-owned land on the western boundary of Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve located adjacent to Interstate 5 to a private landholder in exchange for of land adjacent to the Los Peñasquitos Canyon preserve, north of the area referred to as "The Falls". Between the 166acre parcel and Interstate 5, additional were incorporated into the ballot measure, which in total provided an additional 178acre to Sorrento Hills. The ballot resulted in the city designating Sorrento Hills as Planned Urbanizing.