San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

The San Diego City Council, sitting as the San Diego Housing Authority, on Tuesday approved the San Diego Housing Commission’s acquisition of the Hillcrest Inn in order to create more middle-income housing units and preserve low-income housing units for San Diegans

Former San Diego City Councilmember (District 3), Council President, and Interim Mayor Todd Gloria announced he is running for mayor. In a YouTube video posted on Wednesday Gloria made his announcement and if he wins he will be the first person-of-color and first openly gay mayor in city history.

Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) wants Californians to know there are new medications that can substantially slow the spread of HIV. There are about 220,000 people who are at high-risk of exposure in California alone. 

Over 500 children from all over San Diego got a visit from the Easter Bunny at the 16th annual Easter Egg Hunt at Trolley Barn Park in University Heights on Sunday.

This popular event brings the community together every year as they collect baskets and bicycles to give away to underprivileged children county-wide.  

Today the Equality March on Washington was also celebrated by over 116 cities around the country.

Right here in San Diego, thousands took to the streets from curb to curb marching through downtown heading toward the city’s administration building.

"The fact of the matter is that this should be followed up with he was falsely accused."

That was the response of one Josh Newman supporter who was handing out flyers in Orange County over the weekend.

He was referring to verbiage on the ad that intends to smear former City Councilmember Carl DeMaio (R) seen in the video below. 

Recently San Diego Gay and Lesbian News brought to light the gay-baiting smear tactics that the California Democratic Party has been using against openly gay Carl DeMaio (R) to thwart his efforts in recalling Sen.

The California Democratic party is utilizing debunked accusations against former council member Carl DeMaio (R) who is leading an effort to remove California’s car and gas taxes.

Recently DeMaio started a three-phase campaign which began with gathering signatures in Orange County to recall California State Senator Josh Newman (D) who was the deciding vote which approved the fees.

Many well-known San Diego political officials will join in on the San Diego Women’s March, taking place on Saturday January 21, 2017.

Recently elected State Senator Toni Atkins will join thousands in the streets of San Diego.

Todd Gloria was officially sworn into office today as the California State Assemblymember for the 78th Assembly District. 

During his time in San Diego, Assemblymember Gloria served as City Councilmember, San Diego City Council President, and the City of San Diego’s Interim Mayor.