The San Diego region is a great place to live, work, and play. But we face several challenges including a serious housing crisis, congested roadways, and continuing sprawl into our rural areas.

As the planning and research agency for the San Diego region, SANDAG is dealing with these issues through the preparation of a Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP). The RCP will help us define our regional vision and priorities and then implement them.

The RCP will focus on the interconnected issues of urban form, transportation, healthy ecosystems, our international and county borders, economic prosperity, and housing. The plan seeks to improve on these areas using smart growth strategies.

Smart growth simply means limiting urban sprawl and improving our existing neighborhoods. It focuses future development away from our rural areas and closer to existing and planned job centers, education and health institutions, and transportation corridors.

So far, more than 70 organizations, including all 18 cities and the county government, and over 600 individuals in the region have signed on in support of smart growth.

Getting involved

SANDAG needs your input as mayors, councilmembers, and supervisors make critical decisions that affect our region's land use, transportation, the environment, housing, jobs, and the economy.

The first step to getting involved is to visit our Web site for more information on the RCP, including meeting dates and times. Our Regional Planning Committee, made up of elected officials, is currently meeting on a monthly basis. These public meetings allow for an exchange of ideas among elected officials, residents, and representatives of interest groups. We encourage your attendance.

This is YOUR region. We invite you to get involved in helping shape a better future for all of us.

Project Manager: Carolina Gregor,
(619) 595-5399 or cgr@sandag.org