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Mark Powell

Nonpartisan · California · 2026

Running for San Diego City Council, District 6, California

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Affordability, including reducing or repealing the city's trash fee and simplifying permits
  • Fixing neighborhood infrastructure and limiting development in high fire-risk areas
  • Restoring community-oriented policing and expanding mental health partnerships
Biography

Mark Powell is a real estate broker and educator who has served as a classroom teacher, dean of students, vice principal, and university professor, per the campaign site. He is a former reserve police officer with the San Diego Police Department and currently serves on the San Diego County Board of Education, per the campaign site.

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