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San Diego County is considering adding an environmental justice element to its general plan, updating its safety plans, and adjusting its housing plans to discourage residential development in sites with very high natural hazards.
The Board of Supervisors Wednesday directed county staff to make several changes to the general plan that it will finalize this summer. The board aims to ensure that the county can meet housing needs while avoiding development in unsuitable or unsafe areas.
The changes are also supposed to provide fair treatment for communities that have traditionally suffered damaging environmental health impacts, such as exposure to pollution and toxic materials. They also are supposed to help communities with high numbers of vulnerable residents, such the elderly, pregnant women, children and those with conditions such as asthma.
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Even if the city of San Diego never collects a dime in new hotel taxes under Measure C, the initiative may still leave its mark across the region for years to come.
The process and the politics engaged in by supporters of the initiative likely will be copied in subsequent efforts to make it easier to raise taxes for government by going outside government.
In the case of Measure C, courts will decide whether voters in March 2020 actually approved an increase to raise hotel taxes to finance an expansion of the waterfront convention center, homeless programs and road repairs.
San Diego MTS Sets FY22 Capex at $125MM
MTS is allocating $28.5 million for new SD100 LRVs as part of the FY22 capital improvement program.
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Board has approved a $125 million capital improvement program for FY 2022, which includes $28.5 million for new SD100 light rail vehicles.
The LRV funds will be added to $109 million in previous funding for Siemens SD100 fleet replacement. By 2025, 47 LRVs will need to be replaced at an estimated cost of more than $216 million, according to MTS.
The agency operates three trolley lines (see map below) and 95 bus routes across 10 cities and unincorporated areas of San Diego County, Calif. Frequencies and spans have been restored to near-pre-COVID-19 levels, according to MTS.
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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved waiving fees for the events industry planners, venues and vendors as event restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic loosen, officials announced today.
During their Tuesday meeting, supervisors voted to waive permit fees for the 2021-22 fiscal year from the Department of Environmental Health and Quality, Department of Parks and Recreation, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and the San Diego County Fire Authority.
Helen Robbins-Meyer, the county’s chief administration officer, will return with a resolution within 30 days that includes the fee waiver as part of the board’s regularly scheduled COVID-19 update.