County Operations Center

I’m usually always working out around this area and have made my way into this complex to eat at the cafeteria every now and then. The operations center is quite large and they keep expanding on it by adding more and more buildings as they attempt to centralize the county government buildings which use to be spread throughout the city. The center has the campus-​like style feel to it, with its dedicated gym for employees, full sized credit union on site, parking structures, walkways connecting buildings and nice commons area in the center. They did their best at making the buildings as green as possible during construction. At lunch time you’ll find this place quite busy with events setting up in the commons area every now and then.
This entire center is quite impressive in my opinion as it only makes sense to bring all the departments closer together so its easier to get things done. The old Overland buildings here were in pretty bad shape, this place is light years better than what they use to have.

Great new County campus! The employees are awesome! There’s a really smart civil engineer that works here, bald guy, can’t remember his name…

We took my stepdaughter here for an internship interview. She is wanted to be a Public Defender in the future and is seeking some experience in this area before starting law school.
Not much to say about this building its large, four floors and when you first walk in there is an elevator, and stair case. I didn’t see any office workers, security personnel or sign in desk.
According to the directory on the wall the first floor has the following offices: County Counsel –Juvenile Dependency, Primary Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender. The second floor is the Human Resources Dept. On the third floor you have the Sheriff Detention Medical Office, Auditor and Controller Office: Revenue & Recovery and Office of Audits and Advisory Services. The fourth floor has the Auditor & Controller Office.
I am not sure what goes on in these offices I can only guess.
Outside of this building was a huge parking lot and patio area for taking breaks, lunch etc.
There were also four other buildings just as large in the same area. They buildings were in excellent condition, the parking lots and patio was clean.

I needed a county badge for a new job, and this is where I was required to go. Fast and efficient, I was in and out in about 10 minutes.

It is so easy to get lost here! This «campus» contains a number of nearly identical buildings, most of which are «cold» in terms of lacking bright colors, art work, etc. the interiors are drab and lacking anything to warm them up.
Of course, these are government buildings. And they are ecologically friendly. But that doesn’t mean they have to be unattractive. The landscaping uses drought tolerant plants, which is good, but almost no native plants. Using native plants would have added a lot of color and would have provided an easier and less expensive care schedule.
Almost immediately upon opening, the parking structure was full. It’s always a challenge to find a spot, although they seemed to manage to restrict plenty of prime parking spots for the higher-​ups at County government. Aren’t these people public servants?
This campus was very, very expensive. $ 188+ million dollars for the first phase, and $ 500 million for the total project! Seems like they could’ve built adequate government building for 1% of the cost.

I was here to take a test for one of their open examinations and all i can say is this place looks great! clean, professional looking, and the staff i met (including security) were surprisingly nice… it wasn’t hard for me to look for the bldg. i needed to go to because the bldg. numbers are huge and can easily be seen. They also have signs with arrows from the parking lot, going to the main lobbies (i can’t believe i didn’t get lost). The layout of the bldgs. and pathways are organized in a way that when you walk along the walkway, you can easily see the main bldgs. The place looks pretty new and i won’t hesitate to work in that place if given the chance hahaha!

I entered this building ready to give this place one star on Unilocal.
However, after a modest wait to see the planning department and an enviable hustle from Connor in Zoning, I was able to save roughly $ 10,000 as he explored options for assisting with my parcel number challenges.
Sometimes it’s difficult to remember but this office is here for our public safety and well being, even though oftentimes it may seem the opposite,
Thanks Connor!

Nice buildings and by and large friendly people, but what large consumer oriented business closes from 11:45 — 12:30 so all their employees can go to lunch together?
They need to staff so they get coverage during lunch. Besides when would most people have time to go to the County… you got it, during their lunch hour. So keep some perspective and serve the people!

Oh yeah, the mighty BEAM fits in nicely next to this AMG… lol!
From the outside looking in this is a great place to work and establish a great career here in San Diego. The building and grounds are all new. An ideal location, where «what’s for lunch» doesn’t become a hard choice. Plenty of places to eat in the area.
I went to pick up my friend last week and there was this athletic event going on all over the company grounds. This place looks fun to be a part of. No matter your department or schedule everyone has as smile here.

This is a beautiful new place. I went to the Planning and Development Office and the people there were very friendly and helpful. Like most government offices it is understaffed, so it took a long, long time. But the venue is very nice. The café, the TVs the internet, the chairs, and the number calling system, were all helpful in getting me through. I’ll go back… when I have to. FYI, the food at the Commons is a very nice and reasonably priced lunch.