Tag: SANDAG

  • New Report Finds 10 Percent of San Diegans Live in Poverty

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico It has been 50 years since the U.S. government declared a “War On Poverty,” but it is still a serious problem across the nation and in San Diego. A new report by the San Diego Association of Governments used Census data to assess poverty levels in the…

  • What’s Behind San Diego’s Gang Problem?

    By Megan Burks Local street gangs are growing and getting harder to police, according to officials from nine out of 11 law enforcement agencies who spoke to SANDAG for a study released this week. A possible reason, they said, is the state’s prison realignment effort, which shortens sentences for low-level offenders and relies more heavily on local jails…

  • Voices: Weighing In On the SR 94 Project

    By Brian Myers The State Route 94 Express Lanes Project was presented to the Fairmount Park community by the City of San Diego, Caltrans and SANDAG Monday. They are proposing to connect the Interstate 805 South Express Lanes to downtown by constructing two express lanes on SR 94 and a new connector between SR 94…

  • SANDAG Changing How it Prioritizes Highway, Transit Projects

    By Megan Burks It may seem like SANDAG approved its contested regional transportation plan months ago, but the planning agency is already beginning work on a brand new one, and it’s making some changes to address complaints that pegged the last one as too highway-happy. The state sued SANDAG for the last plan because it…

  • SANDAG Agrees to Negotiate

    By Tom Fudge This week a judge struck down SANDAG’s 40-year transportation plan. Friday morning, the planning agency’s board met in closed session, then released a statement saying SANDAG would seek a settlement with plaintiffs. But they did not rule out the possibility of a court appeal. The agency’s Regional Transportation Plan outlines construction projects…