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Roundtable: Duncan Hunter Resigns

By Pat Finn / Producer ,  Mark Sauer / Host, The Roundtable
Published January 10, 2020 at 9:35 AM PST
This story was published more than 4 years ago.
Rep. Duncan Hunter arrives at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, Dec. 3, 2019.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter arrives at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, Dec. 3, 2019.
Duncan Hunter Resigns
On Monday, Congressman Duncan D. Hunter will resign. There will be no special election for the 50th Congressional District. Local vets reveal their thoughts on the situation with Iran. And homelessness is spreading to the suburbs.
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Roundtable Guests:

Priya Sridhar, KPBS News

Andrew Keatts, Voice of San Diego

Steve Walsh, KPBS News

Max Rivlin-Nadler, KPBS News

Hunter resigns Monday. What now?

Duncan D. Hunter (R-Alpine) has at last submitted his resignation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, six weeks after he pleaded guilty to a felony. It will take effect Monday, January 13. That date is after the filing deadline for the March primary. Governor Newsom had the option of holding the seat open until after the November election or calling a special election in the interim. He opted for the former. Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar is vying for the 50th Congressional seat against Republicans Darrell Issa, Brian Jones and Carl DeMaio. Jones and Campa-Najjar actually live in the district.

RELATED: Gov. Newsom Will Not Call Special Election Following Resignation Of Rep. Duncan Hunter

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San Diego Republicans increasingly MIA

2019 was not an election year, but San Diego Republicans managed to lose three seats anyway when San Diego City Councilman Mark Kersey, District Attorney Summer Stephan and Assemblyman Brian Maienschein left the party. The San Diego Mayor's Office, currently held by Republican Kevin Faulconer, could flip in 2020, along with the County Board of Supervisors, dominated by Republicans for decades.

Roundtable: Duncan Hunter Resigns

What happens in Iran resonates in San Diego

San Diego is nearly 8,000 miles from Iran, but the turmoil in Iran and Iraq as a result of the U.S. killing of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani is affecting those currently in the military, local veterans of the Iraq War and ordinary citizens. In a speech Wednesday, President Trump indicated that since no Americans were killed in Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes in Iraq, he would not retaliate.

Homelessness spreads to San Diego suburbs

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A county park in Spring Valley, a suburb east of San Diego, has become a hub for the homeless. Many were formerly housed in that community of around 30,000, but lost housing for a variety of reasons. The park is subject to homeless sweeps, and some current tent-dwellers apparently do not qualify for housing or other benefits.

RELATED: Homeless Encampment In Spring Valley Shows Spread Of San Diego’s Homeless Crisis

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Pat Finn
Pat Finn previously served as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and KPBS Evening Edition. Finn began her career in broadcasting at KTLA and KCET in Los Angeles. In 1979 she became KPBS’ Public Information Director, then Director of Advertising and Promotion, Program Director, and Director of Broadcasting. She oversaw the station’s local and national productions, including the one-hour documentary Los Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar, and Child Protective Services, a one-hour look inside the San Diego County agency responsible for the welfare of at risk children. Both programs also aired on public television stations nationwide. Finn has earned honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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Mark Sauer
A newspaperman for more than 30 years, Mark Sauer joined KPBS in October 2010 and previously served as the host of the KPBS Roundtable. He spent 27 years as a reporter and editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune after stints at The Houston Post and at two papers in his native Michigan. A features/human-interest writer in the UT's Currents section for many years, Mark also spent about a third of his UT career as an editor and reporter on the Metro Desk. He has covered a wide range of events: Wild fires in Southern California and Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast; Super Bowls and the World Series; foster care and child-abuse issues; the Roman Catholic Diocese's sexual-abuse scandal and bankruptcy; royal visits of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Princess Diana; Republican and Democratic national conventions; high-profile criminal trials; and many other stories, from the silly to the sublime. Along the way, he interviewed everyone from presidents to pan-handlers. His work exposing the false accusations and prosecutions of several San Diegans for murder, rape and child abuse garnered Pulitzer Prize nominations and many regional and local journalism awards, including Best in the West, the Sol Price Award for Responsible Journalism and several San Diego and California bar-association awards. Mark has a degree in journalism from Michigan State University.
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