Around the County with Supervisor Jim Desmond Podcast
1) Housing First Has Failed
On Friday morning, Supervisor Jim Desmond, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells, Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey, Oceanside Councilman Ryan Keim, and Solutions for Change CEO Chris Megison joined forces to address...Show More
2) Decision on Mr. Fletcher's Replacement
Tomorrow, the Board of Supervisors will decide on the replacement process for Nathan Fletcher. After taking time and speaking to people in the district, I believe we should go right to an election. Th...Show More
3) Paying More for Electricity?
Last week, California utility companies rolled out a new fixed-rate bill proposal. The basics of the proposal are the more you make, the more you pay for the flat rate. Then there will be a reduced us...Show More
4) A Conversation with Jared Klickstein
From 2007 through 2022, the homeless population in California increased by 24% to 172,000. Today, nearly 1 in 3 homeless people live in California. Despite billions of dollars being spent and little i...Show More
5) Swearing-In Ceremony
It is an absolute honor to be on the County Board of Supervisors. This is not a job I take for granted and I will do everything I can to make San Diego County an even better place to live, work and pl...Show More
6) Sexually Violent Predator Town Hall
We have been successful at stopping 4 out of the 5 Sexually Violent Predator placements in North County. We did it by coming up with a plan and getting everyone to speak out against these monsters. Th...Show More
7) Fentanyl Town Hall
On Wednesday, June 9th, I held a Virtual Town Hall, with District Attorney Summer Stephan titled, "What Every Parent Should Know About Fentanyl." The meeting was held on Zoom and you can view the vide...Show More
8) A Conversation with Katherine Blunt
Energy prices have been in the news a lot lately, with rates rising to record highs. We sat down with Wall Street Journal Energy Reporter, Katherine Blunt to talk about what's the cause and what can b...Show More
9) A Conversation with Jacob Mchangama
Jacob is the founder and CEO of Justitia, a Danish think tank focused on human rights. He has a new book titled, “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media." We spoke about free speech, mis...Show More
10) COVID-19 Will Soon Be Endemic?
Today, we sat down with Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious diseases and HIV doctor at UCSF. We spoke to Dr. Gandhi about her thoughts on COVID-19 transitioning from a pandemic to an endemic. It was a fasci...Show More