Getting Regionalism To Work

With the region expecting 1 million new residents by 2020, officials in San Diego are trying once again to improve regional planning efforts.

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April 11, 2001, 6:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"San Diego County, already straining with traffic and other growing pains, is projected to get 1 million additional residents by 2020. The county's patchwork of local governments may be incapable -- because of competing interests and limited powers -- of fixing the regional problems that population surges inevitably bring." Historically, "Regionalism" has not been a popular concept in San Diego, but officials are hoping that some progress can be made to improve relations.

Thanks to Christian Peralta

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