Editing San Diego (section)

===Local government===
{{See also|Mayor of San Diego|San Diego City Council|Government of San Diego County, California|label 3=Government of San Diego County}}
[[File:Cabrillo Bridge Reenactment 150509-M-PG109-006 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Todd Gloria]] is the current [[mayor of San Diego]].]]
The city is governed by a mayor and a seventh-member city council. In 2006, its government changed from a [[council–manager government]] to a [[Mayor–council government|strong mayor government]], as decided by a citywide vote in 2004. The mayor is in effect the chief executive officer of the city, while the council is the legislative body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/mayortransition/index.shtml |title=San Diego City website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720073815/http://www.sandiego.gov/mayortransition/index.shtml |archive-date=July 20, 2010 }}</ref> The City of San Diego is responsible for [[San Diego Police Department|police]], public safety, streets, water and sewer service, planning and zoning, and similar services within its borders. San Diego is a [[sanctuary city]],<ref>{{cite news |title=A close look at 'sanctuary cities' |author=Grant Martin |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/04/10/20110410sanctuary-cities-united-states.html |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |date=April 10, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |quote=These communities – called "sanctuary cities" by both critics and defenders – are home to many of the estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and include Austin, New York City, San Diego and Minneapolis.}}</ref> however, San Diego County is a participant of the [[Secure Communities and administrative immigration policies|Secure Communities]] program.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheriff asks to opt out of federal immigration program |author=John Coté |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2010/05/18/sheriff-asks-to-opt-out-of-federal-immigration-program/ |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 18, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |quote=The program is already in place for numerous counties in California that have sanctuary cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Alameda. |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511184943/http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2010/05/18/sheriff-asks-to-opt-out-of-federal-immigration-program/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Secure Communities' Program Comes Under Fire |author=Ruxandra Guidi |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jun/20/secure-communities-program-comes-under-fire/ |newspaper=KPBS |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, the city had one employee for every 137 residents, with a payroll greater than $733&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosiak |first=Luke |date=July 22, 2013 |title=EXography: 19 U.S. cities have proportionately bigger workforces than bankrupted Detroit |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/exography-19-u.s.-cities-have-proportionately-bigger-workforces-than-bankrupted-detroit/article/2533338 |newspaper=Washington Examiner |location=District of Columbia |access-date=May 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193951/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/exography-19-u.s.-cities-have-proportionately-bigger-workforces-than-bankrupted-detroit/article/2533338 }}</ref>

The members of the city council are each elected from single-member districts within the city. The mayor and city attorney are elected directly by the voters of the entire city. The mayor, city attorney, and council members are elected to four-year terms, with a two-term limit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/elections/city/details.shtml |title=San Diego City website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506171405/http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/elections/city/details.shtml }}</ref> Elections are held on a non-partisan basis per California state law; nevertheless, most officeholders do identify themselves as either Democrats or Republicans. In 2007, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 7 to 6 in the city,<ref name="RegDEMREP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/pdf/voterstats.pdf|title=Voter Registration in the City of San Diego|publisher=San Diego Office of the City Clerk|date=August 1, 2007|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=March 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325032145/http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/pdf/voterstats.pdf}}</ref> and Democrats currently ({{As of|2022|lc=y}}) hold an 8–1 majority in the city council. The current mayor, [[Todd Gloria]], is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].
[[File:San Diego City and Administration Building.jpg|thumb|left|[[San Diego County Administration Center|County Administration Center]], seat of [[Government of San Diego County, California|San Diego County Government]]]]
San Diego is part of [[San Diego County]], and includes all or part of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th supervisorial districts of the [[Government of San Diego County, California#Board of Supervisors|San Diego County Board of Supervisors]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/Eng/Ehandoutmap.shtml |title=Registrar of voters: Maps of individual supervisorial districts |publisher=County of San Diego |access-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Other county officers elected in part by city residents include the [[San Diego County Sheriff|Sheriff]], [[San Diego County District Attorney|District Attorney]], Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk, and Treasurer/Tax Collector.

Areas of the city immediately adjacent to [[San Diego Bay]] ("[[tidelands]]") are administered by the [[Port of San Diego]], a quasi-governmental agency which owns all the property in the tidelands and is responsible for its land use planning, policing, and similar functions. San Diego is a member of the regional planning agency [[San Diego Association of Governments]] (SANDAG). Public schools within the city are managed and funded by independent school districts (see [[#Education|below]]).

After narrowly supporting [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964, San Diego provided majorities to all six Republican presidential candidates from 1968 to 1988. However, in more recent decades, San Diego has trended in favor of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential candidates for president. [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988 is the last Republican candidate to carry San Diego in a presidential election.