San_Diego_Association_of_Governments
San Diego Association of Governments
Governmental agency in San Diego County, California
The San Diego Association of Governments (abbreviated SANDAG) is an association of local San Diego County governments. It is the metropolitan planning organization for the County, with policy makers consisting of mayors, councilmembers, and County Supervisors, and also has capital planning and fare setting powers for the county's transit systems, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District, some of which was assumed by the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (became MTS in 1986).
SANDAG, along with the Southern California Association of Governments, are the only metropolitan planning agencies in Southern California.