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The City of San Diego is the second largest city in California and the eight largest in the United States. For the latest election cycle the City Council fundra
by mark212 8y ago
The City of San Diego is the second largest city in California and the eight largest in the United States. For the latest election cycle the City Council fundraising was in the low $100,000 — hardly “millions.”
I think the total across all races in the entire county (school boards, ballot measures, multiple city councils, water districts, everything) was about $33 million for all candidates. SD County is so big that if it were a state it would be about 20th.
See for example — https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-numbers-san-diego-city-council-/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-num...
- shanghaiaway 8y agoSo at less than an programmer salary, what you're saying is that there's ample opportunity for enterprising software artists to take over and automate the whole thing.
- mark212 8y agoHave to take a pay cut though because council members only get paid $75,000 currently though it’s set to rise significantly by 2020. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-sandiego-measures-20181119-story.html https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-san...