From cannabis taxes and building height limits to trash pick up, here’s everything voters need to know about the key ballot measures in San Diego County.
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Two hundred miles of high-speed rail carrying electric trains moving twice as fast as the region’s trolley system. A dozen new stations, including massive hubs near the downtown airport and the Tijuana border.
That’s the backbone of a recently released $160-billion blueprint aimed at making public transit as fast as driving a car which elected officials from across the San Diego region are preparing to discuss Friday.
Experts largely agree the plan’s long-term success would hinge on whether cities can usher in dense urban development around transit stations, at a time when birth rates in San Diego and throughout California are declining as overall population growth has all but come to a halt.
The two hundred miles of high-speed railway rely upon dense urban growth around transit stations to achieve long-term success. But as California and San Diego birth rates and population decline, some worry it’s too costly a risk.