Monday, December 12, 2016 - NEWS RELEASE

San Diego – Continuing his commitment to creating opportunities for all San Diegans and delivering results for every neighborhood, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was sworn in for a second term as San Diego’s 36th mayor today at an inauguration ceremony held at the historic Balboa Theatre.

“We’ve built a lot of positive momentum by working together, focusing on results and doing what’s best for all of San Diego,” Mayor Faulconer said. “As I took this oath nearly three years ago, I said that change doesn’t just start in the Mayor’s Office – it starts in our communities. That is as true now as it was then. So to every San Diegan, I say let us recommit ourselves to being one city and One San Diego.”

Five members of the 71st San Diego City Council – including three new Councilmembers – and the new City Attorney also took the oath of office. Mayor Faulconer called on them to join him to address major issues San Diego faces including:

• Continuing to be fiscally prudent and save for the future
• Pursuing a sustainable environment and economy by implementing the Climate Action Plan
• Compassionately and collaboratively reducing homelessness
• Taking action to make housing more affordable for all San Diegans

Mayor Faulconer assumed office in March 2014 on a platform of bringing San Diego together and restoring integrity to City Hall. He won re-election in June 2016.

Mayor Faulconer has overseen major investments in infrastructure repair and neighborhood services, and pushed for more focus on San Diego’s underserved communities.

First term highlights include:

• Gaining bipartisan approval for three balanced budgets that invest in communities
• More than doubling the miles of roads repaired annually
• Strengthening City finances and implementing voter-approved pension reform
• Investing in libraries and recreation centers by increasing their hours to their highest levels in a decade
• Launching programs to grow San Diego's skilled workforce and help locals compete for good-paying jobs in the innovation economy
• Putting in place a landmark Climate Action Plan to protect the environment
• Making city government more accessible and transparent through a website redesign, open data portal, public records portal and the “Get It Done” app that allows residents to easily report problems to the city with mobile phone photos
• Keeping San Diegans safer through continued investments in the San Diego Police Department as well as implementing operational changes and a new compensation package for 911 police dispatchers
• Fulfilling a pledge of directing 50 percent of major revenue growth to neighborhoods and infrastructure, and investing nearly half a billion dollars in neighborhood repairs and infrastructure in 2016

CONTACT: Jen Lebron at (619) 384-5289 or [email protected]