Is the San Dieguito River Park part of the City or the County?
No. The San Dieguito River Park is a Joint Powers Authority. The term “Joint Powers Authority” (JPA) means that some public agencies have agreed to jointly share certain powers, such as the power to manage and acquire land. Sometimes governments enter into joint powers agreements where they agree to share their powers, without creating a separate agency. In the case of the San Dieguito River Park, six different governments (the County of San Diego and the Cities of Del Mar, Escondido, Poway, San Diego, and Solana Beach) joined together to create an entirely separate, independent agency, the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority, in order to plan, acquire, improve, operate and maintain the river park.
