Resources

San Diego is a vibrant city with a great civic, cultural, educational, and tech scene. Here are some resources to help you find the information, communities and advocacy groups that promote civic engagement, technology, openness and cooperation.

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Local Government

• City of San Diego - Official website of the city
  • Proposed Budget - Mayor’s proposed budget. April-June is when things get modified, but less so than November-April.
  • City Council President’s Workplan for the Council - See what the President’s prioritized actions are for the Council.
  • District 4 Workplan - See what District 4’s prioritized actions are

  • Councilmember Committee Workplans - At the bottom of these pages are priorities and plans from the City Council that we can connect with (for example the Public Safety & Livable Neighborhoods Plan)

  • Citizen Advisory Boards and Commissions - These are great meetings to attend to learn more about each topic, as well as network with people who are working to address issues, many times with innovative solutions. A great source for subject matter expert recruitment to OSD.
• County of San Diego - Official website of the county
• San Diego Association of Governments - Website of SANDAG, a collaboration between San Diego county, city, and other muncipalities in San Diego County

Open Data

• Data SD - San Diego City’s open data platform
• Data.gov - The Federal Government’s open data platform

Civic Engagement

• Open San Diego - That’s us!

• Every Public meeting - A tool for tracking and posting public meeting minutes
• Civic Tech Guide - A repository of various CivicTech products, tools, and services
• This Week In Civic Tech (TWICT)
  • Slides - Weekly compilation and publication of all things Civic Tech
  • Email List - Email list for sharing Civic Tech news nationally

Technology

• Python SD
• San Diego Javascript
• SD Ruby
• San Diego City Github
• Open San Diego Github
• Code For America Github