Todd Gloria Says He’s ‘the Son of a Maid and a Gardener’, But Critics Question Accuracy
(Pictured above, Todd Gloria with his parents, Phil and Linda Gloria, and his partner, Adam Smith, on March 3, 2020, at Registrar of Voters. Photo credit John Gibbins / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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State Assemblyman and candidate for Mayor of San Diego Todd Gloria has consistently told voters that he’s become a successful community leader having been raised as
“the son of a maid and a gardener” as a way to demonstrate that he’s not part of the elite political establishment, but that narrative is now being challenged after he admitted his “mom and dad were a maid and a gardener in the 1970s” before he was born and his dad has been an aerospace industry executive for most of Todd’s lifetime.
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Jared Sclar worked for Association of Cannabis Professionals and Congressman Mike Levin.
A raft of political professionals has found a haven at San Diego city hall from the storm of post-campaign unemployment, as documented by recent online disclosures posted by the city clerk s office.
Reversing years of Republican patronage, this year Democratic campaign veterans are flooding into city council and mayoral offices with the shift of control from right to left granted by voters in November.
Lauren Cazares worked for fundraising firm Ground Link.
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As with the GOP before, the new hires are expected to build a new political base to ward off challenges to the new order, guarding access and protecting their newly elected bosses agendas.
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Weeks after the November election, former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer continued to solicit and collect donations for his favored charities and projects, adding to what already was the highest-grossing year for such efforts in his six-plus years in office.
According to disclosures filed with the San Diego City Clerk, Faulconer reported $122,822 in behested payments after San Diego voters selected Todd Gloria as their next mayor.
Behested payments are contributions made by third-party donors at a public official’s request. State law requires that such cash and in-kind gifts be disclosed so the public can see who is donating money to a public official’s favored cause.
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