The San Diego Association of Governments (abbreviated SANDAG) is an association of local
San Diego County
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governments. It is the
metropolitan planning organization for the County, with policy makers consisting of
mayor
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s,
councilmember
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Canada
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s, and
County
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Supervisors, and also has capital planning and fare setting powers for the
county's transit systems, the
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (''SDMTS'' or often simply ''MTS'') is a public transit service provider for Central, South, Northeast and Southeast San Diego County. The agency directly operates a large transit system that includes ...
and
North County Transit District, some of which was assumed by the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (became MTS in 1986).
SANDAG, along with the
Southern California Association of Governments
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of six of the ten counties in Southern California, serving Imperial County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernar ...
, are the only metropolitan planning agencies in Southern California.
Governance
The board was previously governed with the representation of one board member from every city in San Diego County, with each member holding two votes in two systems. The approval of a project required the majority tally vote representing all cities and board members and the majority of represented members weighted by population.
After the passage of SANDAG's reform bill in 2017, any four representatives representing a majority of the county's population can overrule the tally vote.
Programs
Fare payment systems
The
Compass Card was launched by SANDAG in May of 2009 to integrate the fare payment systems of
San Diego MTS and
North County Transit District into one system, meant to reduce the number of fare transactions at customer service centers. The Compass Card was replaced by
PRONTO in September 2021.
See also
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IE511
Many of the existing freeways in Southern California's Inland Empire were completed in the late 1970s. The only exception is the segment of the Foothill Freeway, State Route 210 (SR 210) between San Dimas and San Bernardino, completed in July 200 ...
neighboring 511 system
References
External links
SANDAGยท San Diego Association of Governments
March 2006 Assessment of SANDAG's Role in San Diego from the Legislative Analyst's Office
Councils of governments
Government of San Diego County, California
Local government in California
Metropolitan planning organizations
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