San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: North County Transit District: consolidated agency: public contracting.

The Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, also known as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services in a portion of the County of San Diego. The North County Transit District Act creates the North County Transit District with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services in a different portion of the County of San Diego. The San Diego Regional Transportation Consolidation Act creates the consolidated agency, commonly known as the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) , through the consolidation of certain regional transportation planning, programming, and related functions in the County of San Diego from various agencies. Existing law requires the board, district, and consolidated agency to follow specified procedures when contracting for certain services, the acquisition or lease of materials, supplies, or equipment, architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction project management services. Existing law requires those entities to follow different procedures when the amount of the contract exceeds specified thresholds. This bill would increase those thresholds from $100,000, or $50,000 in certain instances, to $150,000, and would make other clarifying changes, as specified.