The Board of Supervisors in December received the findings of a Red Tape Reduction Task Force previously set up in April of 2011 for the purposes of recommending ways to “improve project processing”.

The task force, conveniently made up of builders and developers, recommended that San Diego County eliminate the Community Planning/Sponsor Groups entirely, or place severe limits on them so they can no longer be effective in voicing the concerns of the communities they represent and in influencing change BEFORE a project is cast in stone. Currently, residents do have an official say early in the planning process.

The Red Tape Reduction Task Force operated “under the radar” until some community members found out and forced the County to make the task Force’s recommendations public. The Supervisors will be voting on Wednesday, February 29th. Communities have until February 28th to make their opposition known. Please review and sign the attached petition which will automatically be emailed to all five San Diego County Supervisors, ask other family/community members to go on-line and do the same. Your voice CAN make a difference. Don’t let the developers take away our rights to have a voice in our future