About Joe

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Dear Friends,

December 2024 Update: My council colleagues unanimously elected me to serve as Council President.

December 2023 Update: No opponents qualified for the March ballot! I will be re-elected to a second term upon certification of the March election. Accordingly, I will not appear on the November ballot.

December 2023 Update: My council colleagues unanimously elected me to serve as Council President Pro Tem.

December 2023 Update: I qualified for the March Ballot.

The Opportunity with a Second Term

I am running for a second term on the San Diego City Council, District 1.

It is hard to believe that my first four-year term is complete. With so much accomplished in that short time, my commitment to public service is just as strong, even stronger.

I worked to make the District 1 office more accessible and responsive to you. With my hard-working staff, phones are answered, emails returned, solutions offered. We meet you where you are. We hold townhalls across the district. My community representatives attend community organization meetings.

I have delivered results across D1, paving La Jolla Parkway, funding the South University City Library, working with UCSD, paving 32 blocks in Del Mar Heights, traffic safety improvements in Carmel Valley & Pacific Highlands Ranch, and protecting recreation facilities in Pacific Beach, to name a few. City-wide, I have focused on supporting our police, firefighters, and lifeguards; protecting our shoreline parks from street vendors and scooters; securing $6 million for housing; and so much more.

As a big city we have work to do: preserving public safety, sensible housing policy, addressing homelessness, repairing our streets and infrastructure, and responding to climate change. Most importantly, a back-to-basics philosophy to deliver the city services you need and expect  and affordable within our finite revenue sources. 

I continue to work on these issues, and with collaboration across all sectors, we will continue to make a better San Diego.