It was my honor to recognize a special athlete today at the Board of Supervisors. Growing up, Blake Steinecke enjoyed playing baseball, hockey, and lacrosse while maintaining a 4.0 GPA at San Marcos High School.

A new state report was released last week that showed California spent nearly $10 billion on homelessness over a three-year period. This was released during the same week that the Downtown San Diego Partnership announced a record number of homeless people living on the streets.

The COVID-19 emergency has finally ended at the county and state levels. My biggest hope is that politicians learn from the mistakes that were made. 

In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 805. While there wasn't much publicity at the time, the measure was proposed by state legislatures in Sacramento, and now the power is being abused at SANDAG.

That's a question I've been asking myself and a frequent question my office has received. I'm asking the same questions, and it appears the answers aren't simple, but there needs to be a solution.

We know the threat of a fire is constant in San Diego County. While we've been fortunate that no major fires have broken out in the last few years, we must continue to invest in tools to keep us safe!

Workforce housing and affordable housing for seniors are both vital. 

Homelessness is a public health crisis. I say it often, but as a society, we can and should do better! It’s simply inhumane to allow people to live on the street. In North County, we've led the way when it comes to helping people into treatment.

San Diego County’s Regional Transportation agency’s (SANDAG) latest transportation plan is designed to make driving so expensive that you succumb to public transportation. In addition to the current gas tax and registration fees, SANDAG’s plan adds three new half-cent sales tax increases, over 800 miles of San Diego County freeway lanes converted to toll lanes, and a mileage tax for every mile driven to pay for their $165 billion public mass transit plan.

I've officially begun my second term on the County Board of Supervisors. For the ceremony, I was able to choose who I wanted to swear me into office and I was honored to have Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of The Band of Luiseño Indians. One of the most rewarding and meaningful parts of being a Supervisor over the last four years has been getting to work with our tribal governments.