Tag: District 9

  • Councilwoman Marti Emerald: ‘It’s Time To Step Aside’

    Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Claire Trageser When San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald first ran for office in 2008, she saw it as switching from one form of advocacy to another. She’d spent 22 years as an investigative reporter for Channel 10 and specialized in consumer advocacy reporting. Known as “The Troubleshooter,” she…

  • Emerald Wants Her Chief of Staff to Take Over San Diego Council Seat

    Ricardo Flores, chief of staff to San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald, announces he will seek her council seat in District 9 next year, April 22, 2015. | Video Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler Councilwoman Marti Emerald officially endorsed on Wednesday her chief of staff to replace her on the San Diego City Council. Last…

  • Immigrants Struggle to Be Heard in National, Local Elections

    Maria Hinojosa, a correspondent for PBS Need to Know, and Norma Sandoval, a San Diego Organizing Project volunteer who grew up in City Heights, talk to KPBS about “America By The Numbers.” By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh Both sides in the presidential race say getting out the vote will be a crucial factor in…

  • A Voting Power Gap in District 9

    Last year, a city commission redrew San Diego’s City Council boundaries to account for shifts in population and decided to create a second, Latino-majority district. The district stretches from Southcrest to City Heights and then northeast to neighborhoods around San Diego State University. Though Latinos succeeded in getting another Latino-majority district, there was some worry…

  • Marti Emerald Wins New District 9 Seat

    By KPBS Marti Emerald won the new District 9 seat. The incumbent from District 7 got three-quarters of votes cast, trouncing challenger Mateo Camarillo. Marti Emerald with supporters at Golden Hall on June 5, 2012. | Photo Credit: Lori Lum, Spark Photography The new 9th District extends from Kensington and Talmadge to the north through…