Like many cities in the United States, National City is experiencing an increase in its homeless population. Around the city, homeless encampments have been built in areas near shopping centers, by local waterways, and in neighborhoods. This increase has prompted the city to work at addressing the issue of homelessness as both a public safety […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Lemon Grove: Municipal Strategies to Address Homelessness
A 2016 report by the San Diego County Grand Jury found that the East County cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Santee, and Lemon Grove lacked an adequate response to addressing homelessness (San Diego County Grand Jury, 2016). Lemon Grove had the smallest overall population among the four cities referenced in the report, as well […]
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National City Marina District (1/3)
The necessary knowledge and resources for the following land use analysis reports were acquired through an upper division Geography 572 course titled “Land Use Analysis” taught by Professor Diana Richardson. The groups created development proposals within the given project site in the National City Marina District that considered existing and potential land use opportunities. The […]
Analysis of National City’s Neighborhoods and Functional Zones
As part of a semester-long study, two sections of Geography 354: The Geography of Cities, participated in the Sage Project. The Sage Project is a collaboration between San Diego State University (SDSU) and the city of National City to engage students and fac-ulty in assisting local governments with projects that enhance the city’s economy, land-scape, […]
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A Geospatial Approach to Santee Parks
This report details the results of student work in collaboration with the Tijuana Environmental Protection Office and the Sage Project at San Diego State University (SDSU) to improve the conditions of two existing city parks in Tijuana, Mexico. The main improvement goals were related to sustainability, community empowerment, safety, and erosion control. Through Sage Project […]
Alternate Modes of Transportation in the City of Lemon Grove
The bike lane network plans outlined in this report were created through the partnership between Lemon Grove and the Sage Project at San Diego State University during the fall of 2016. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in Geography 484, under the guidance of Dr. Atsushi Nara, used Graphic Information Systems (GIS) infrastructure to formulate a […]
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Placemaking and Homelessness in the City of Lemon Grove
In collaboration with the Sage Project at San Diego State University and the City of Lemon Grove, this report details the methods and findings of the Spring 2017 course, Communication 462. Qualitative data were collected using ethnographic techniques, including in-person interviews with Lemon Grove residents, to examine placemaking and homelessness in Lemon Grove. An ethnographic […]
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National City Police Culture
This paper details the results of a partnership between Criminal Justice 497 at San Diego State University (SDSU) and the National City Police Department examining questions related to police leadership, culture, transparency, and oversight. Nationwide, police oversight and transparency have been recently called into question after several highly publicized incidents of alleged police misconduct. This […]
City of Lemon Grove Drainage Master Plan Drainage Area 138
TrinityEngineering(TE) has beencontractedto reviseand updatethe City of LemonGrove’sStormDrainMasterPlan.Due to the magnitudeof this projectTE will focusonly on theNorthwestboundaryof the city, a drainagebasinlabeledArea138. Aftercompletionof theDrainageMasterPlanTE’sworkwill be passedto futureSDSUstudentsin coordinationwiththe SageProjectto completea differentdrainagearea of their choice Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. The Sage Project Contact Info Kristofer Patron Program Administrator kpatron@sdsu.edu (619) […]
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El Toyon Bicycle Route
The National City Capital Improvement Program is a used to identify portions of the City’s physical infrastructure in need of improvement and coordinate projects of similar types. As part of the Capital Improvement Program the National City Bicycle Master Plan was developed to present new developments in bicycle transportation, recreation, sustainability, and quality of life […]