Four leading environmental groups have released report cards on the environmental voting records of the city and county of San Diego, with county supervisors receiving an average mark for their efforts and their city counterparts scoring somewhat higher. The League of Conservation Voters San Diego, San Diego Coastkeeper and the local chapters of the Surfrider Foundation and the Sierra Club gave the city council and Mayor Jerry Sanders an overall grade of B-plus regarding issues impacting local waters and coastal habitat over the last full year. “The 2008 San Diego Water Quality Report Card” includes information on the city’s votes on water and wastewater rate increases, urban run-off issues, the beach alcohol ban and coastal protection funding. Five current and former councilmembers scored in the A range. “The 2008 San Diego County Environmental Report Card” assesses the county board of supervisors on their actions during 2008 related to water and air quality, land use and renewable energy. The average grade was a C, with supervisors Pam Slater-Price and Greg Cox receiving the highest marks, at B-minus. The report cards, released Feb. 26, were prepared by Strategic Community Consulting, a student-managed firm based at the University of California, San Diego. This is the first year the groups have issued an assessment of the county’s actions; the city’s report card is the seventh such document. The reports mark the first time all four groups have jointly released their findings.