{"id":5217,"date":"2021-02-02T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2021-02-02T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:53:18","slug":"5217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5217","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Faulconer officially announces run for Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Michael Palomba<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former-San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has officially thrown his hat into the ring to be the future Governor of California. He made the announcement Monday and released a video called &#8220;Promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California has so much promise. But Gavin Newsom&#39;s broken promises have become our problems. His leadership is failing our state.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s time for the California Comeback.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m excited to officially launch my campaign for Governor. Join me.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8kWz9J1bA\">https:\/\/t.co\/p8kWz9J1bA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Faulconer (@Kevin_Faulconer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Faulconer\/status\/1356431376103272450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened to the promise of California?&#8221; says Faulconer at the start of the video. He proceeds to describe what California used to be, and what it is now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;California has become the land of broken promises. I&#8217;m Kevin Faulconer, and it doesn&#8217;t have to be this way. We can clean California up, and it starts at the top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Faulconer is likely referring to when he says clean up starting at the top is the campaign to recall Newsom. Faulconer <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2021\/01\/former-mayor-kevin-faulconer-gets-behind-recall-newsom-movement\/\">backed the effort<\/a> just a few weeks ago as it amassed over 1,000,000 signatures. He also launched an <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2021\/01\/kevin-faulconer-launches-exploratory-committee-for-governor-run\/\">exploratory committee<\/a> in January, so many predicted his official announcement of running for Governor was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>Faulconer served as the Governor of San Diego for 6 years, taking over after the resignation of the disgraced Bob Filner.<\/p>\n<p>During Faulconer&#8217;s time as Mayor, San Diego thrived. He made infrastructure a budget priority with more than $3 billion in neighborhood improvements across the city, orchestrated the repair of thousands of miles of roads, secured federal promise zone designation to encourage economic revitalization, strengthened the city&#8217;s finances, made strides to reduce homelessness, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>A list of his administration&#8217;s accomplishments can be seen on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/mayor_kevin_l._faulconer_administration_highlights_2014_-_2020_0.pdf\">city&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For these reasons and many others, Faulconer\u2019s tenure as Mayor was considered to be a major success. And now he would like to bring that leadership to the rest of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challengedathletes.org\/supporters\/kevin-faulconer\/?gclid=CjwKCAiAjeSABhAPEiwAqfxURYa6ZWOaW-W9Pf3kPbnxxlj62vlyT6Fg0WzwIJyO78BPdUOtOJaKLBoC6rIQAvD_BwE\">Challenged Athletes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba Former-San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has officially thrown his hat into the ring to be the future Governor of California. He made the announcement Monday and released a video called &#8220;Promise.&#8221; California has so much promise. But Gavin Newsom&#39;s broken promises have become our problems. 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