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Daniel Smiechowski
Candidate for City Council District 2
Biography
Daniel Smiechowski is a Nonpartisan candidate who ran for Mayor of San Diego in California in 2024, losing in the primary. He has previously run for San Diego City Council District 2 in 2018 and 2022, and served as an elected member of the Clairemont Planning Commission and Clairemont Towne Council.
Top Priorities
- Addressing the cost of housing and homelessness by leasing city-owned land instead of selling it
- Reducing the cost of government and reforming the city's pension program by putting new hires on Social Security and implementing salary cuts/hiring freezes for high-earning positions
- Developing Horton Plaza as a "Fifteen-Minute City"