Replace stagnant, indifferent incumbents with people who care about all communities, not just one.

Often people vote for incumbents for these lesser known races. However, as there are no term limits, that has resulted in the same people on the board for decades, all were appointed to the position and all from the same community. This leads to apathy, inaccessibility and lack of representation. 

Chronic absenteeism

One incumbent, Nancy Hillgren, has missed 13 meetings since 2021 — a year’s worth of meetings. She’s been on the board for over 2 decades. Missing more than a quarter of all meetings in the past four-year term does not show strong leadership. 

A strong NO! on Faulconer

There are numerous reasons not to vote for Kevin Faulconer, but the number one reason for us is that he is endorsed by the Building Industry Association and openly touts their objective of “taking back the unincorporated county.” 

Supervisors race is all about backcountry development

Building is good, but building sprawl projects in very high fire risk areas is not. In fact, San Diego County’s general plan for housing has made it very clear that sprawl in high wildfire risk areas with little to no infrastructure is not in the county’s (or taxpayers’) best interests.  That is why most of the unincorporated county land is zoned for rural density. However, a speculator can always buy one of these rural parcels for cheap and then attempt a “general plan amendment” to change it to a much higher density. Just the zoning change alone increases the value of the land ten-fold. And all that is required is 3 votes. Faulconer would be the third pro-sprawl vote on this board, which is why sprawl developers are throwing large sums of money at him. Their agenda is very clear as seen by the emails they send their members:

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This means that the large, firetrap projects like Harmony Grove Village South will get a green light. The BIA has 2 supervisors on the board that are friendly to the “more sprawl development is better” cause. All they need is Faulconer to get their third vote which will radically change the semi-rural unincorporated areas for good. 

In our neck of the woods, Harmony Grove Village South is a 452 unit development being proposed in the most fire-prone area of the County with only one egress route (asking for a waiver for secondary egress requirements). Evacuation experts have essentially said the project is a death trap that could turn us into the next Paradise or Santa Rosa. This project will be coming to a vote in January 2024 link for more info. And the Colorado-based developer, RCS Harmony Partners, is pouring large amounts of money into supporting Faulconer.