Empowering Local Workers

Endorsements

The San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council and its delegates have met with, interviewed, discussed, and endorsed key candidates and ballot initiatives for the next election. You can be certain that these candidates and ballot initiatives are important to the success of our unions, and the work we are able to do here in San Diego County.

First Supervisorial District, Special Primary Election!

San Diego County EndorsementsCandidate
County of San Diego – Board of Supervisors – District No. 1Paloma Aguirre

Vote Paloma Aguirre for Supervisor on—or before—April 8th.​

WHAT AN
ENDORSEMENT
MEANS

Your local union’s representatives (usually delegates, executive board members, and appointed representatives) have participated at the local level through the San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council and/or the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council endorsement processes as well as at the state level through the California State Building Trades Council and/or the California Federation of Labor Unions. These processes include research on candidates and ballot measures, interviews of candidates and issues advocates, and votes by delegate and executive board bodies to determine whether an candidate or ballot measure should receive a labor endorsement. Candidates must demonstrate with their past voting histories (if an incumbent or former elected official) and/or by answering detailed questionnaires that they support the values and work of labor unions and their members.

If there is a race or issue that is not on this card, but is on your ballot, it means candidates or advocates for the issue did not seek or receive an endorsement from the San Diego Building Trades Council or the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council. 

WHO CAN VOTE?

To register to vote in California, you must: be a citizen of the United States, be a resident of California, be at least 18 or older on Election Day, not be currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, not be currently found to be mentally incompetent to vote by a court. 

This special primary election is to fill the vacant seat in the County’s First Supervisorial District for the remainder of the current term ending in January 2029. Only voters residing in the First Superisorial District are eligible to participate in the election. Not sure if you reside in the First Supervisorial District?  Find your district.

Every active registered voter residing in the First Supervisorial District will receive a ballot in the mail the week of March 10 for this special primary election. 

Here are your voting options:

  • You can complete your ballot in the comfort of your home and return it through the U.S. Postal Service. Your signature is required for your vote to count!
  • Starting Tuesday, March 11, you’ll have the option of dropping off your ballot at one of 29 official ballot drop boxes throughout the district.
  • If you would rather vote in person, that option is available too. Take advantage of one of the ten days of early in-person voting!
  • Starting Saturday, March 29,  seven vote centers will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the final day of voting on Tuesday, April 8, when thirteen vote centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 pm.

District 1 spans from the Pacific Ocean on the west, to the Otay and San Miguel mountains in the east, and from Barrio Logan in the north to the U.S./Mexico international border on the south. The First Supervisorial District includes the cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City, and some communities within the City of San Diego, such as Barrio Logan, East Village, Golden Hill, and more. Additionally, District 1 includes the unincorporated areas of Bonita, East Otay Mesa, Lincoln Acres, Sunnyside, and La Presa.