Tomorrow, San Diego’s Association of Governments (SANDAG) will be voting on a $160 billion transportation project. SANDAG states there will be no freeways expansion and instead, the plan will focus on public transit, which they propose to fund with the following taxes:
½ cent sales tax – 2022 ballot, no expiration
½ cent sales tax – 2028 ballot, no expiration
An MTS ½ cent sales tax (70% of the County)
Fee per mile driven 4.3 cents –
2 cents regional
2.3 cents State
Creating a new fee for ride-hailing (UBER or LYFT) $1.25 solo ride; $.65 carpool
819 miles of new managed lanes (toll lanes)
If you’re like me and believe freeways and roads are the backbone of our transportation system and are essential to our economy, call into tomorrow’s SANDAG Board of Directors meeting! It’s imperative that SANDAG knows, this is a plan that won’t help North County!
https://youtu.be/rQ4ikJsBEyk
How to Call into SANDAG:
Persons who wish to address the members on an item to be considered at this meeting, or on non-agendized issues, may email comments to the Clerk at clerkoftheboard@sandag.org (please reference Friday, December 10, 2021, Board meeting in your subject line and identify the item number. The $160 billion plan is #2.
To participate via Zoom webinar, click the link to join the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92876960938
If you desire to provide live verbal comment during the meeting, please join the Zoom meeting by computer or phone and use the “Raise Hand” function to request to provide public comment. On a computer, the “Raise Hand” feature is on the Zoom toolbar. By phone, enter *9 to “Raise Hand” and *6 to unmute.
Requests to provide live public comment must be made at the beginning of the relevant item, and no later than the end of any staff presentation on the item. The Clerk will call on members of the public who have timely requested to provide comment by name for those joining via a computer and by the last three digits of for those joining via telephone.
