Date:
November 17, 2026 03
To: Board of Supervisors
Title
General Services – Approve License Amendment for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office Regional Communications System and CEQA Finding of Exemption (District: 4)
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Overview
The San Diego-Imperial County Regional Communications System (RCS), is managed and
operated by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff) Wireless Services Division. It provides numerous public safety agencies with day-to-day public safety and emergency responder communication support.
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) RCS site is licensed by UCSD and has been operated by the Sheriff since 1981. The license is a reciprocal agreement that grants space for Sheriff RCS equipment on a UCSD building in exchange for access to various RCS sites to support USCD’s High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN). UCSD has requested an amendment to the license to allow for their access to the Sheriff’s Black Mountain RCS site for the installation of HPWREN equipment. Staff from the Department of General Services (DGS) have negotiated a license amendment that will allow UCSD access to the Black Mountain RCS site. Today’s request is for Board of Supervisors’ approval of the license amendment.
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Recommendation by Chief Administrative Officer:
Find the proposed license amendment for the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Regional Communications System (RCS) site is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
Approve and authorize the Director, Department of General Services, to execute the proposed license amendment with the Regents of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for the UCSD Regional Communications Site located in San Diego, California.
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Equity Impact Statement
The Wireless Services Division operates and maintains all public safety wireless communications systems used by the Count...
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