San Diego Government

During his first month in office, Mayor Todd Gloria has taken stances on key issues that separate him from his predecessor. Gloria will give his first State of the City address Wednesday.

Mayor Todd Gloria announced Thursday the city will host several public forums in the coming month to offer San Diegans an opportunity to provide feedback on the city's electric and gas franchises.

The ruling, which was not unexpected, could pave the way for thousands of city of San Diego employees to be brought into the pension system they've been excluded from since 2012.

Mayor Todd Gloria Wednesday appointed San Diego native Kirby Brady as the city's first chief innovation officer. Brady, who is Black, is one of the few women or people of color to be named CIO of a major American city.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order this week calling for stronger enforcement of COVID-19 health orders by police and the City Attorney’s Office.

The San Diego City Council unanimously supported franchise agreement extensions with San Diego Gas & Electric through June 1, 2021, at a special meeting Wednesday, although several council members did so with major concerns about the way the utility is dealing with the city.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a public records request Monday seeking information regarding a surge of COVID-19 cases in San Diego County jail facilities, which it alleges are overcrowded and in need of an urgent inmate population reduction in order to stem the spread of the virus.

Gloria — acting without official council approval — directed city staff to provide funding to support operations through January using funds previously slated for shelter operations in November and December that remain unspent due to cost-saving measures and other factors, as well as to use available state grant funding specifically for homelessness-related programs and services.

Taking swift action after Thursday's San Diego City Council meeting in which a lone franchise utility bid was revealed, Mayor Todd Gloria Friday announced he was rejecting San Diego Gas & Electric's bid for the city's gas and electric utilities.

An internal investigation was underway Friday into the creation and circulation among San Diego Police Department employees of a video featuring images of Adolf Hitler and a commentary that "negatively portrays the community and department leadership" and includes a bigoted slur against Mayor Todd Gloria.