Michael Smolens: San Diego’s century-long mayor-city manager debate never dies
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In 2004, a San Diego public battered by near-catastrophic failure at City Hall nevertheless seemed skeptical about a sweeping proposed change in the structure of government.
As a pension deficit had threatened to force the city into bankruptcy, voters narrowly agreed to shift from the decades-old city-manager form of government to a strong-mayor system on a trial basis starting in 2006. The approval margin was less than 4 percentage points.
The city and its first strong mayor, Jerry Sanders, pas
As a pension deficit had threatened to force the city into bankruptcy, voters narrowly agreed to shift from the decades-old city-manager form of government to a strong-mayor system on a trial basis starting in 2006. The approval margin was less than 4 percentage points.
The city and its first strong mayor, Jerry Sanders, pas
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