Jim Desmond
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Current office
- San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 5 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- San Diego County Supervisor
Background
- Served in the U.S. Navy as an aircraft electrician (1974-1979). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from San Diego State University (1985). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Was a Delta Air Lines pilot from 1986 to 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served on the San Marcos City Council (2004-2006) and as mayor of San Marcos (2006-2018). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Has represented District 5 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors since January 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Helping first-time homebuyers source: kqed.org
- Banning members of Congress from trading stocks source: kqed.org
- Lowering energy costs source: kqed.org
- Affordability and opposing tax increases source: kqed.org
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