DATE:
October 1, 2025
03
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
ADJUST THE WARNER SPRINGS COMMUNITY SPONSOR GROUP BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT LOS COYOTES RESERVATION (DISTRICT: 5)
Body
OVERVIEW
To promote equitable community representation and expand opportunities for public input in the Warner Springs area, the County of San Diego (County) Board of Supervisors (Board), on April 10, 2024 (11), directed staff to evaluate and process a boundary adjustment for the Warner Springs Community Sponsor Group (CSG). The proposed change, originated by the Warner Springs CSG, would add the adjacent Los Coyotes Band of Indians (Los Coyotes) reservation within the CSG boundary.
Currently, the Los Coyotes reservation lies outside the Warner Springs CSG boundary and is located within the North Mountain Community Planning Area, which does not have an active planning or sponsor group. Warner Springs, located east of Palomar Mountain in the North Mountain Subregion, is currently represented by a CSG. While residents on the reservation may participate in public engagement related to Warner Springs projects, they are not eligible for appointment to the CSG because they reside outside the group's designated boundary. The proposed boundary adjustment would make residents of the Los Coyotes Reservation eligible for appointment to the Warner Springs CSG and allow them to provide formal input on land use matters affecting the surrounding community.
This boundary adjustment would not give the County any land use authority over the Los Coyotes reservation. Reservation lands are sovereign and are not subject to County zoning, permitting, or development regulations. Across the unincorporated County, some reservation lands are already included within active planning or sponsor group areas, allowing reservation residents to serve on local advisory bodies. Adjusting the Warner Springs CSG boundary to include the Los Coyotes Reservation would provide co...
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