Todd Gloria (Democratic) has been Mayor of San Diego since 10 Dec 2020. The unemployment rate stood at 4.7% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 2.9 percentage points lower than when Todd Gloria took office in December 2020, while California's fell 3.9 percentage points. On the fall in unemployment San Diego is 7th of the 117 cities, on the fall in violent crime 96th of 106. The widest gap with California is in the average hourly pay: −0.1% a year against −1.1%; the gap was widest in Aug 2026, +2.1% against −5.1%. Under Kevin Faulconer (2014 to 2020) the same series rose 1.8% a year. Homelessness is 75.5 people per 10,000 (2024), 22 per 10,000 above its level at day zero.

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