{"id":87019,"date":"2025-12-09T02:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/87019\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T02:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:07:08","slug":"san-diego-city-council-reelects-joe-lacava-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/87019\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego City Council reelects Joe LaCava as president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/politician-La-Cava.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/politician-La-Cava.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332538\"  \/><\/a>San Diego City Council President Joe LaCava. (Photo by Ken Stone\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/citycouncil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego City Council<\/a> Monday quickly and unanimously reelected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/citycouncil\/cd1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe LaCava<\/a> as Council President for the next year, praising his \u201ceven-handedness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fewer than five minutes, the council spoke glowingly of LaCava\u2019s tenure in the role and voted 8-0 to bring him back for another year. Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell was absent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate my council colleagues for the collaborative process in what has been a challenging year and what will likely continue to be,\u201d LaCava said. \u201cDuring the difficult budget in the first half of the (fiscal) year, we showed each other mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I appreciate your tolerance for my love of workshopping and going into the weeds, which can lead to some late meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaCava was <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/10\/colleagues-unanimously-back-joe-lacava-as-next-president-of-san-diego-city-council\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first elected<\/a> to the head of San Diego\u2019s legislative body in 2024, moving up from the Council President pro Tempore role under then-President Sean Elo-Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>The council president is tasked with placing items on the council\u2019s agenda, appointing members to committees and leading meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Stephen Whitburn applauded LaCava\u2019s even-handedness. Councilman Kent Lee said the Council President would \u201cface no less challenging times in the year ahead,\u201d and said LaCava was the person for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Elo-Rivera couldn\u2019t help ribbing his colleague, \u201cIs it as glamorous and easy as you envisioned?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah,\u201d LaCava replied.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Vivian Moreno, who marked 15 years in public service at the meeting, thanked LaCava for his willingness to look for infrastructure funding for her district \u2014 the 8th, which includes underserved areas such as San Ysidro, Barrio Logan and Sherman Heights \u2014 and praised him for considering the needs of communities south of Interstate 8.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert thanked LaCava for his efforts not only in reaching consensus, but ensuring everyone had a right to speak and securing the safety of the council during a time of increasing political violence.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Raul Campillo said LaCava\u2019s professionalism and ability to docket things he may not agree with in a timely and open manner made him an excellent candidate to continue in the role.<\/p>\n<p>LaCava\u2019s Council District 1 includes La Jolla, University City, Torrey Pines, Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego City Council, like all local government bodies in California, is officially nonpartisan, but all nine members ran as Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego City Council President Joe LaCava. 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