$796M
Land Use &
Environment
Group 2024-2025
Recommended Budget
The County of San Diego’s Land Use and Environment Group serves the community by working to protect the public’s health and safety, sustain the environment, and improve the quality of life for our residents and visitors.
$267M
Protecting the Climate & Natural Resources
$6.3M
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases
$2.8M
Guide the region toward zero carbon emissions (RDF)
$2.5
Climate Action
Plan Update
$6.7M
Divert waste
from landfills
$18.4M
Manage closed landfills
$1.6M
Support new Office of Sustainability & Environmental Justice
$2M
Plant 4,000 new trees
$1.8M
Developing
a sustainable
land use plan
$900K
Support housing near transit and services
to reduce driving and GHGs
$1.9M
Install EV
charging
stations
$2.2M
Promote green building and solar energy use
$72.1M
Protect
the region’s watershed
from run-off
$14M
Support the region’s agricultural industry
$16M
Preserve land to protect species (MSCP and planned North County MSCP)
$2.8M
Improve environmental conditions in Tijuana River Valley
$3.4M
Manage groundwater resources
$1.2M
Manage vegetation to protect biodiversity
$1M
Preserve
farmland permanently
