The City of San Diego may soon embark on a major redevelopment of six blocks of buildings in downtown’s civic core. The proposal includes a new City Hall, hundreds of affordable housing units, and perhaps a new Civic Theater. Mayor Todd Gloria and top-ranking city officials made their case for the development project on Monday during an underground tour of the civic center buildings constructed during the 1960s. “You’ll see a lot of the mechanical gear, cast iron pipes that are pretty close to failing,” said Casey Smith, the city’s deputy chief operating officer, who led the tour for CBS 8 and other news media organizations. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/push-begins-for-san-diego-city-hall-civic-center-redevelopment/509-8cc0d7da-3fcf-4801-ac01-1d1aad1adf14