Tag: Kevin Faulconer
San Diego City Council Elects New President After Contentious, Seven Hour Meeting
On Thursday, a highly contentious battle for the San Diego City Council Presidency ended with Councilwoman Jen Campbell edging out Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe by a 5-4 vote, despite most public testimony favoring Steppe. The Council’s decision marks the second...
Gov. Newsom Found to Have Lied About Following Health Guidelines at Party
On Wednesday, new details and photos of Governor Gavin Newsom’s controversial attendance at a birthday party at the French Laundry earlier this month revealed that Newsom had lied about some of the circumstances of the event, had broken more COVID-19...
Todd Gloria Wins San Diego Mayoral Election
On Monday, San Diego City Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate Barbara Bry conceded the San Diego Mayoral election to Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), nearly a week after the election was held due to slow vote counting by county officials. Bry...
2020 General Election Preview: San Diego Mayoral
San Diego: For the longest time, “America’s Finest City” was as reliably Republican as Orange County or any inland Northern California county above the Bay. But the city began trickling in Democrats a few decades ago, culminating with the city...
John Cox Forms Exploratory Committee For 2022 Gubernatorial Run
Earlier this week, businessman and 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox announced that he will be forming an exploratory committee to run for California Governor on the Republican ticket in 2022. A possible second run for Cox Cox said that...
California’s Mayors Split on Vacation Home Tax Bill Aimed to Aid Homeless
“More money is necessary. But it’s not sufficient. More money needs to be accompanied by some form of legal mandate for all of us to bring people indoors.” ~Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg On Monday, California’s Big City Mayors of...