Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer says he wants a job on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors representing District 3, which spans from Point Loma to Carlsbad.
Faulconer left his job as mayor in 2020 and made a run for governor in 2021 during the special election to recall Gavin Newsom. Faulconer, a moderate Republican, has been a fixture on the San Diego political scene for more than two decades, first winning a special election for City Council in 2005 and then winning another special election in 2013 to become mayor. He says the growing number of homeless people in the county is what triggered him to seek elected office once again.
During his tenure as mayor, Faulconer opened up several homeless and bridge shelters, but many of his critics say he waited too long to address the homelessness crisis, which ended up sparking a Hepatitis A outbreak. The outbreak, a result of unsanitary conditions in the encampments, resulted in 600 homeless people becoming sick and 20 dying.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
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