Todd Gloria
| Todd Gloria | |
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| Member of San Diego City Council from the Third District | |
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| Assumed office December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Toni Atkins |
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| Born | May 10, 1978 San Diego, Calif. |
| Political party | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Residence | San Diego, Calif. |
| Alma mater | University of San Diego |
| Website | City Council District 3 Website |
Todd Gloria (born May 10, 1978) is an American elected official in San Diego, California. He serves as a San Diego City Councilmember representing District 3. He was elected to a four-year term in 2008. He is a Democrat, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.
District 3 includes the neighborhoods of Balboa Park, City Heights, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Kensington, Normal Heights, North Park, South Park, Talmadge, and University Heights.[1]
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[edit] Life and career
Gloria is a third generation San Diegan, all four of his grandparents having moved to San Diego because of their involvement with the military.[2] He described his ethnic background in an interview as being: "[b]asically half Native American (Tlingit-Haida, an Alaskan tribe), a quarter Filipino and then a little bit of Dutch and Puerto Rican."[2]
Gloria graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Diego, with majors in history and political science.[3] While a student at USD, Gloria was active in the effort to add "sexual orientation" to the campus nondiscrimination policy.
U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis has been his political mentor ever since they first met in 1993, when Davis was the director of a leadership and cross-cultural understanding program for high school students.[3] In 2002, Gloria became Davis's district director,[3] a position he held until being elected to the city council in 2008.[4]
While working for Davis, Gloria also served as a San Diego Housing Commissioner from 2005 until 2008. He is also a former chairman of the San Diego LGBT Community Center and was a resident panelist on San Diego's Prostitution Impact Panel.[5]
[edit] San Diego City Council
Gloria ran for the District 3 seat vacated by the termed-out Toni Atkins in 2008. He received a plurality of votes in the June 2008 primary election, leading to a November run off election against fellow Democrat Stephen Whitburn, a former journalist, community activist and ally of then District 6 councilmember Donna Frye.[5][6]. Gloria defeated Whitburn with 54.3% of the vote.
Gloria serves as the chair of the council's land use and housing committee. He also serves on the public safety & neighborhood services, budget & finance, and rules committees. Gloria represents San Diego on the Metropolitan Transit Service Board, the San Diego Workforce Partnership Policy Board, and the SANDAG transportation, public safety, and regional planning committees.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd3/communities/
- ^ a b http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39169:todd-glorias-juggling-act-part-2&catid=50:san-diego-region&Itemid=51
- ^ a b c http://asianjournalusa.com/todd-gloria-achieves-highest-rank-a-san-diego-city-official-with-filipino-e-p6528-127.htm
- ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081206/news_1m6bell.html
- ^ a b Steele,, Jeanette (Oct 18, 2008), "District 3 candidates are alike but different", San Diego Union Tribune: CZ-1
- ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080608/news_lz1e8kittle.html
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