Brian and Carla are great hosts! They are very responsive and live on-site (above the studio) with their dog, Drew! Since they are dog-friendly, we brought our two small pups. The studio is just enough for two people and two small dogs.
They offer a clean, very organized, safe space to stay while enjoying San Diego. They recommended a few places (Miss B's, Flamingo's and Oceana-we tried all three!).
The best part, by far, is that they are literally a 30 second walk (or less if you are power walking!) to the beach. They also have a patio with a gas fire pit that we enjoyed while drinking wine on a cool night.
The only down-side (by no fault of their own) is the parking. The city doesn't make it easy to park your car "just anywhere" as there are tons of timing restrictions on street parking. Luckily we found a spot right next to The Catamaran Hotel, where there was available street parking with no restrictions (except you can't park there on the 1st Tuesday of the month, for a certain timeframe, due to street sweeping). Once our car was parked, we left it there for the remainder of the four days and enjoyed trotting around Mission Beach on the bikes that Brian and Carla had available, as well as the Bird scooters that the city offers.
We would highly recommend staying at Brian and Carla's place!