General Info

Located in San Diego, SANDAG is the forum for regional decision-making for more than 15 cities and county governments. It builds consensus, makes strategic plans, obtains and allocates resources, provides information on various topics, and plans, engineers and builds public transportation. The forum is governed by a board of directors that is comprised of mayors, council members and county supervisors from local governments. SANDAG also has various advisory representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense, Metropolitan Transit System, San Diego County Water Authority and Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association. It supports a legislative program that is approved by the board of directors on an annual basis and includes legislative policies and sets priorities for federal and state legislation. The forum operates a service bureau that is a source for customized demographic and economic studies, and geographic information systems analysis and mapping.