Tag: Regional Transportation Plan

  • Back to the Drawing Board for SANDAG’s Regional Transportation Plan

    By Andrew Keatts How and when San Diego will address its regional transportation needs over the next 40 years is once again an open question. A San Diego County Superior Court judge on Tuesday upheld a lawsuit challenging the San Diego Association of Governments’ comprehensive, 40-year transportation plan. Judge Timothy Taylor ruled SANDAG didn’t adequately…

  • Tweet City Heights: Latinos On State of the Union Address, AG Sues SANDAG

    By Megan Burks Latinos React to State of the Union Address Some Latinos expressed disappointment following President Obama’s State of the Union address, saying the President was too soft-spoken on immigration. He pressed Congress to “at least” approve the DREAM Act “if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan.” He also defended…

  • Tweet City Heights: Contested Transportation Plan Gets the Go-Ahead

    By Megan Burks SANDAG Passes Transportation Plan Following Heated Criticism The San Diego Association of Governments this morning approved its Regional Transportation Plan. The plan lays out how the region will spend $200 billion on transportation projects in the next 40 years, and sets the tone for municipalities throughout California as they figure out how…

  • Mid-City Waits Decades for Bus to Come

    City Heights resident Maria Cortez spoke of her nearly three-decade wait for a bus line to be built along Interstate 15. Transit advocates and a handful of residents met at the site of the long-delayed project to ask that SANDAG prioritize transit investments over highway expansions. | Photo Credit: Randy Van Vleck By Adrian Florido…

  • Tweet City Heights: Study Calls for End to Food Stamps Fingerprinting

    By Megan Burks Study Supports Ending Fingerprinting of Food Stamps Applicants A study by the Public Policy Institute of California gives ammunition to a bill that would end the state’s policy of fingerprinting food stamps applicants. The study confirms what lawmakers and advocates of the bill have been saying—the practice keeps people in need from…