The consolidated agency is the successor agency to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and those entities set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 132353). The consolidated agency is a statutorily created regional transportation planning agency under § 29532.1 of the Government Code. As the successor to SANDAG, the consolidated agency succeeds to, continues, and maintains SANDAG’s federal, state and local designations, including, but not limited to, designation as the Metropolitan Planning Organization, is the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission pursuant to Section 132005, is the congestion management agency, and is the council of governments for the San Diego region.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 743, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)