The San Diego Association of Governments “missed red flags” and demonstrated “severe lapses in judgment” in its revenue estimates for a proposed half-cent sales tax, according to investigators.
SANDAG hired law firm Hueston Hennigan LLP to conduct an independent investigation of its inflated revenue forecast for Measure A, a failed 2016 ballot initiative that sought to establish a new sales tax for the San Diego region. Investigators found that overlooked data-entry errors dating from 2004 had resulted in years of faulty forecasts.