AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Homes for all San Diegans:
The State of the Housing Affordability in the Region
SANDAG Report (pdf),
June 2006
For many residents in San Diego and throughout California, the price of housing has reached a breaking point. Though shelter is a basic need, renting or buying a home becomes more difficult every day.

TRANSPORTATION / INFRASTRUCTURE
Independent Transit Planning Review Services
SANDAG Draft Final Report (pdf)
(This file is 28 mb; it will take several minutes to download)
May 2006
Final report is expected for release around mid-July.

In November 2004, 67% of San Diego County voters approved a 40-year extension of TransNet, the region-wide half center sales tax dedicated to transportation.

Passage of the TransNet extension included a committment by the SANDAG Board of Directors to conduct an Independent Transit Planning Review of the public transit system proposed in the SANDAG Regional Comprehensive Plan.

URBAN CANYONS
The Creation of a San Diego Regional Canyonlands Park
SDCS White Paper (pdf)
March 15, 2006
We search for meaning to our lives. Is there meaning to a city? Our city has great climate and beauty, in spite of low annual rainfall. The natural infrastructure of our place--the fundamental beauty--if not the uniqueness that makes San Diego special, are the canyons that connect all neighborhoods. We have significant quantity of these wonderful natural places; the question is, do we love them enough, do we appreciate them enough to sustain their presence?