Efforts are underway to transform a large privately owned vacant lot in Southeast San Diego into a community garden. The landowner is an eager participant. In the previous City of San Diego administration, Mayor Jerry Sanders and Councilmember Todd Gloria changed the city's zoning regulations to make it easier to transform vacant lots into community gardens. The previous regulations made such a transformation difficult, expensive and, in some cases, illegal.  The Global ARC’S role in helping create a community garden on the Ocean View lot is a significant test case (model). It will shed light on opportunities and constraints re using private property as community commons for urban agriculture.