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08/20/2025

08/14/2025

Thank you to the Manteca Bulletin for a story on the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG), City of Manteca, and San Joaquin County collaborating to fund a study to extend Roth Road to connect Interstate 5 and State Route 99.

Connecting I-5 and State Route 99 will reduce truck traffic in Lathrop and Manteca, enhance road safety, and support economic growth throughout the region. The study will build on the 2023 Roth Road Improvement Study and establish a future road alignment for right-of-way preservation, propose interim improvements to the State Route 99 frontage, and develop conceptual engineering and cost estimates for a new interchange.

SJCOG will serve as the lead agency overseeing consultant selection, contract management, and project coordination.

Read the story here: https://tinyurl.com/px4bt2xu.

08/13/2025

08/05/2025

Big news! 🎉 The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is a 2025 Government Finance Officers Association award winner! 🏆This makes 26 years in a row that SJCOG has earned a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.

This is the highest recognition in governmental financial reporting and a huge honor for our agency. Thank you to our Finance team for upholding the highest standards of transparency and accountability!

07/31/2025

Thank you to the Manteca Bulletin’s Vince Rembulat for the story on the Stanislaus River Bike and Pedestrian Bridge and mentioning the San Joaquin Council of Governments’ (SJCOG) part in covering the cost of repairing the popular connection between Ripon and Salida.

The bridge, which had been closed since October 2023 when a tree fell and damaged the bridge, reopened recently for bike and pedestrian traffic. SJCOG, City of Ripon and Stanislaus County shared the costs of the repairs.

07/30/2025

Thank you to The Modesto Bee’s John Holland for the story on the Stanislaus River Bike and Pedestrian Bridge and mentioning the San Joaquin Council of Governments’ longtime connection to the popular link between Ripon and Salida.

The bridge, which had been closed since October 2023 when a tree fell and damaged the bridge, reopened this week for bike and pedestrian traffic. SJCOG, City of Ripon and Stanislaus County shared the costs of the repairs.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdhx2vym.

07/30/2025

Check out the story on University of the Pacific’s website about the work graduate students did in creating the San Joaquin County Data Compass for the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG): https://tinyurl.com/5ad8v3pz.

“Fostering collaborative relationships to ultimately improve the lives of everyone in San Joaquin County is at the core of what we do,” SJCOG Deputy Director of Planning Kim Anderson said. “SJCOG has had long-standing partnerships with University of the Pacific’s Center for Business and Policy Research and the data science program on a variety of projects. Working with Pacific students on the San Joaquin County Data Compass will provide the public current census data and information tailored to San Joaquin and neighboring counties, while offering the students real world experiences that matter.”

Pacific’s Master of Data Science Students in the past have provided deep analysis of SJCOG programs such as the Vamos-EZHub Mobility app to plan and pay for transit trips throughout the region and beyond. The Center for Business and Policy Research is a regular partner in webinars and other activities to share regional economic analysis. Pacific students on the Stockton Campus through a partnership with Pacific’s Office of Sustainability benefit from Bike Stockton, a mobility program created under SJCOG’s Stockton Mobility Collective funded by a Sustainable Transportation Equity Project Implementation Grant from the California Air Resources Board. The project is now expanding under the state’s Clean Mobility Options Voucher Program.