Democratic voter registration efforts have paid off. At the end of 2011 there were nearly 7,000 more Democrats registered in San Diego County than Republicans. That number had increased from a lead of just 332 voters in May, 2011. The registrar of voters reported 519,248 Democrats and 512,270 Republicans registered. In Escondido, there were 24,115 [...]

Despite action by both Escondido school districts to change to district elections, Mayor Sam Abed tells the North County Times that Escondido will not be switching, at least not voluntarily. The school districts made the changes to avoid legal challenges under the California Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters rights. Abed says the city [...]

North County Times reports that the Escondido Union High School District has adopted a resolution that will change its trustee elections from district-wide to districts, beginning in November 2012. The story also reports that the Escondido Union School District adopted a similar resolution last month. The changes are intended to prevent legal action against the [...]

A story in North County Times says Olga Diaz might seek election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The October 17 story by Chris Nichols says Diaz “is focused on her 2012 council re-election bid but may join the supervisor race” if no other Democrat “steps up” to oppose Republican Steve Danon. Incumbent [...]

The work of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has brought the Democratic Party “incredibly close” to super majorities in both the State Assembly and Senate, the chair of the San Diego County Party told Escondido Democrats at their meeting October 1. County Party Chair Jess Durfee said Democrats are within one or two seats of [...]

Escondido remains in the third Supervisorial District,  represented by Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, under new maps approved by the Board of Supervisors September 6. Sept. 9 UPDATE: Slater-Price announces she will not seek re-election next year. Read coverage in The San Diego Union-Tribune. Read coverage in North County Times.  Sept. 6 UPDATE: Supervisors have approved a new map, [...]

North County Times provides a snapshot of the background maneuvering for 2012 Escondido City Council elections in its August 25 editions. David Garrick talks to all of the predictable candidates and provides a rundown of who’s in and who’s out. On the Democratic side, Carmen Miranda says she will run; Jason Everitt says he will [...]

Escondido City Council member Olga Diaz, also a member of EDC, made the first public announcement of  her candidacy for re-election at the August 13 EDC meeting. In written comments before the announcement, Diaz said she is running “because I fill a critical role on the Escondido City Council – I represent the residents of [...]