Open San Diego

We Are Open San Diego

We are a group of civic-minded San Diegans who meet regularly to learn how to best help citizens and local government have a more informed relationship with each other.
Join the conversation and help if you can. Everyone is welcome at every skill level!

We meet twice a month:
1st Tuesday - hear a guest speaker present how they're working with data
3rd Tuesday - learn from an expert in a hands-on workshop. Bring your notebook!

Meetup Schedule    Join us on Slack

Our Mission The things we care about.

  • We strengthen regional San Diego citizens’ experience as among the best in the nation
  • We assist San Diegans who want to collaborate and create a more engaged and efficient democracy.
  • We maximize the Internet’s potential locally to spur economic opportunities.
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Our Projects What we’re working on…

Alerts: Code Complaints

Get free SMS alerts or a weekly email whenever a City of San Diego Code Compliance complaint is filed in your area. Have an idea for other useful alerts? Use the form below and share your idea!

MealsCount

We’re building a web-based tool California school districts can use to optimize free meal program participation and federal reimbursement. Join us on Slack to get involved. If you’re a school district looking to pilot this tool let us know!

Open Source

We typically build in an open-source, liberally licensed environment. Check out these and our other work on GitHub.
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Thanks for the images by Freepik!

We Meet Often. Come Join Us.

View our Meetup page for our next meeting & RSVP. We typically meet twice a month for a speaker one week and a workshop the other. There’s something for everyone so if you have an interest in civic engagement we hope you’ll join us.

Next Meeting

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Help Your Community?
We could use your talents.

We are a Code for America Brigade, which means we’re civic-minded volunteers of techies, creatives, business people and other civic-stakeholders that contribute our talents toward improving the way our local governments and community organizations work.

See what kind of things brigades do, and watch the TED talk given by Jennifer Pahlka, Founder of Code for America.

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Steering Team: helping make the magic happen…

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Jerry Hall

As our Brigade Captain, Jerry is committed to developing a sustainable civic technology community in collaboration with local government and community partners, championing Brigade activities in San Diego, and building out a core leadership team. Contact Jerry | LinkedIn

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Xavier Leonard

As our Past Brigade Captain, Xavier is committed to supporting the goals and activities of OpenSanDiego. LinkedIn

Our Partnerships with local government and Founders

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Maksim Pecherskiy

As our Municipal Partner, Maksim represents the City of San Diego as their Chief Data Officer and connects local city leaders and staff with the Brigade. LinkedIn

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Jeffery Johnson

Joining the founding team early on, Jeff is a Past Brigade Captain, has been pivotal in building initial connections, communications and overseeing projects and events within the San Diego region. LinkedIn

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Jed Sundwall

Jed founded Open San Diego and has been an advocate of open government and building relationships from the ground up and the top down for over a decade. LinkedIn

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Your financial donation will help us host bigger and better events. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Meet with us

RSVPs appreciated but not required, check our calendar & Meetup schedule.

Contact Us

Brigade Captain – overall Brigade mission, leadership & work
Brigade Communications – events, newsletters, social media, communications

Thinking about joining in the fun? We have something for everyone. However you get involved, you’ll find the experience rewarding.

  

  

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