A new report shows the overall quality of life in San Diego County is rising, but optimism about the future is tempered by ongoing challenges with affordable housing, waste generation, traffic and other recurring problems.
A “mixed bag of progress and decline” means “we remain a region at risk,” according to the third annual Quality of Life Dashboard, the most comprehensive assessment of its kind for the region. Of 14 categories measured, seven were trending up, six down and one was split.
The report is published by the Equinox Center in Encinitas, a small, nonpartisan think tank founded in 2008 that is backed by several local companies, trusts and individual donors. It applies statistical analysis to a mix of environmental and economic elements that help assess regional topics such as green energy generation, air pollution, clean-tech jobs and water consumption.
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