The “close in” areas were originally built as exits off the interstates, such as Carmel Valley 92130 (fka “North City West” at I-5 jct I-805). The more “outlying” areas were not situated near interstates and remained very small until the MR act enabled them to mushroom into what they are today. Examples are San Marcos (92069) and Fallbrook (92028 – to a much lesser extent).
The Covenants lying within SD County (92067) have been there for several decades. They are not situated “right on” the interstates but nonetheless are very well-established and do not lie within CFD’s.
The community of SantaLuz (92127) and the communities lying within the Covenants (92069) are completely different animals.
All of 92127 is a “later-annexed” zip code (part city/part county, where it absorbed a small portion which was formerly in 92128, I believe). The 92127 annexation took place just 12-13 years ago and 95% of it lies within CFDs. Due to its distance from 92101, it is all considered “second-tier” suburbs or “outlying” but not far enough as to be an “exurb” to SD (ex: Temecula in RIV Co, Campo or Pine Valley).
In SD County, the base zip code from where local first and second-tier suburbs and exurbs radiate from is 92101.It has no bearing on where job centers may be located today. 92101 is where the City and County HQs and Main County Superior Courts are located. This is the “original” San Diego and it is what it is and will never change.
SK, of course you are aware that Esco is a medium-sized city in its own right (like Chula Vista) and is a second-tier suburb to SD due to distance from 92101. Like Esco, Chula Vista (91910/91911) is very well-established but is a first-tier suburb (due to having an 8-13 mi distance to 92101). Esco has 3 well-established zip codes (92025, 92026 and 92027) and I am not aware of any CFDs lying within Esco’s city limits (do any Piggs know?). CFD’s inhabit all five of Chula Vista’s zip codes BUT the bonds which financed 91910’s biggest CFD are now retired (RDR II) and only about 15% of 91911 is inhabited by CFDs (Sunbow). 85% of 91913 is inhabited by CFDs, 90% of 91914 is inhabited by CFDs and 100% of 91915 is inhabited by CFDs. Due to distance from 92101, 91913, 91914 and 91915 (later annexations to Chula Vista) are considered “second-tier” suburbs.
About 1/3 of 92154 lies within CFD’s, all east of I-805. This zip code was annexed to SD roughly 30-35 years ago. Due to distance from 92101, the communities within it (incl Nestor, Otay Mesa and Ocean View Hills) are considered “second-tier” suburbs to SD. There are several more SD City zip codes which, although annexed to SD at some point in time, are still considered “second-tier suburbs” due to distance from 92101.
Signed,
Well-versed in local City/County urban-planning practices
