Marcela Escobar-Eck has 30 years of experience in the land use and development field with various government agencies and elected officials. Ms. Escobar-Eck has broad experience in the administration of controversial land use, redevelopment and construction management issues, as well as extensive experience with managing staff, community issues and complex budgets.

Move San Diego was formed in January 2004 by citizens, environmentalists, bicyclists, pedestrians and transportation experts to build broad support for sustainable transportation systems and land-use policies. Vision:Convenient, on-time, healthy, sustainable transportation throughout the San Diego region.Mission:Organize and serve a broad collaboration of people and organizations to prioritize, fund, and implement sustainable, healthy, convenient transportation and related land use solutions that get people and goods wherever they are going, on time, throughout the San Diego region.Awardshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erOddY7ZpMk

In her role as Director for the Development Services Department for the City of San Diego, she oversaw all operations of a complex, regulatory department with a $68.9 million dollar budget and 655 budgeted staff. The department was responsible for the review of all development submissions for building code and life safety requirements providing permit and development information, reviewing development plans for compliance with development regulations as well as redevelopment and coastal standards, issuing permits, conducting inspections and resolving code compliance issues.

She served as the Planning Director for the City of Carlsbad overseeing daily operations and the implementation of the General Plan, Growth Management Plan, Local Coastal Program, Habitat Management Plan and the California Environmental Quality Act.

Ms. Escobar-Eck served as a Chief Deputy Director in Development Services overseeing Project Management, and serving as Redevelopment Project Director for the Naval Training Center in the City of San Diego’s Planning Department. She served as the lead negotiator on this $500 million redevelopment project which required high level collaborations with State and Federal organizations.Her career with the City of San Diego began as a planner, and she also held the positions of Council Liaison for the office of the City Manager; private development manager and fiscal development manager for the Community and Economic Development Department.