TransNet Bait & Switch

 

Sold to taxpayers as an initiative to "expand freeways", San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) shifted TransNet tax funds away from highway projects to a region-wide public transit plan.

From a Voice of San Diego article in August 2021: 

 

“Everything has been re-envisioned in this regional plan,” said Coleen Clementson, SANDAG’s director of regional planning. “Ultimately it’s the board of directors’ decision, but if they adopt the plan as proposed, the projects as initially envisioned in the TransNet ordinance would not happen.”

 

Residents throughout the county feel misled (and even lied to) regarding SANDAG's bait and switch move.

 

Below is the original ballot language. 

 

 

Original Ballot Language from 2004 Prop A - TransNet Extension

 

Say 'No', San Diego

to the New Regional Sales Tax!

ARTICLES ON THE SANDAG SWITCHEROO FOR TRANSNET:

 

Vista City Council Punts New SANDAG Transit Plan (May 2019)

Here Are the TransNet Projects That (Probably) Aren't Happening (Aug. 2021)

San Diego Planners Unveil $177 Billion Plan to Expand Transit, Toll Highways (Jan. 2022)