DATE:
December 9, 2025
28
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ADOPT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATE LEGISLATION TO ENHANCE REPRESENTATION FOR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES ON THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is the regional planning agency for the County of San Diego and is responsible for allocating money towards housing plans, transportation, planning and building infrastructure. The SANDAG Board of Directors is composed of 21 members (19 voting members) who are elected officials representing the County of San Diego and the 18 incorporated cities located in the County.
The County is represented on the SANDAG Board by two members of the County Board of Supervisors, one of whom is the primary voting member, and a secondary member. One of these County Supervisors is required to be a representative of a district that is substantially an incorporated area while the other must be a representative of a district that is substantially an unincorporated area. The County Board of Supervisors also appoints two alternate Board members to represent the County when the primary and secondary members are unavailable to attend SANDAG Board and committee meetings.
Although the SANDAG Board voted on December 8, 2023, to add an advisory member to the SANDAG Board to represent the unincorporated area's communities and residents, this representative is not authorized to vote during SANDAG meetings. As a result, there is no voting member of the SANDAG Board required to live in the County's unincorporated area or specifically represent the unique interests of the nearly 550,000 people living there.
State legislation was introduced in 2025 to provide San Diego County's rural communities a greater role in participating in the decisions made during SANDAG meetings. However, this legislation was not approved this year by the California State Legislature. It would be ...
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