Toni Atkins
Toni Atkins
Toni G. Atkinsis an American Democratic politician from San Diego, California. She was the Speaker of the California State Assembly and is currently a member representing the 78th district. In January 2014 she was elected by the Democratic caucus to be the next Speaker of the Assembly, and on March 17, 2014, she was unanimously elected Speaker by the full Assembly. She was the third woman and the first acknowledged lesbian to be elected to that position. She was the...
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We need something in place as a cushion to help with these programs that require front-loaded funding,
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We have to make it a priority to get the affordability in many, many projects. It's important that we stay focused on that because we have not met the senior housing need in this city,
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We're all somewhat disturbed and quite surprised to see this information, ... I think it means we're changing a culture and a history of practice within the Auditor's Office and the city.
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I would direct that our counsel begin the groundwork for resolution with the SEC that the City Council deems appropriate within the timeline as our internal investigation comes to conclusion or completion,
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I have complete confidence that our National League West champion Padres will come from behind,
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You have to know what you have and how it's categorized to have that discussion, so it's pretty high up there on the priority list,
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What has caused the damage is Ms. Atkins' misconduct, not the uncovering of Ms. Atkins' misconduct.
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We don't have a lot of places to find this money, ... I think we do all want to know what the impact to services is going to be, and none of it is going to be good.
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We do have a huge (financial) challenge in front of us, but at the same time, if we continue to lose officers we're going to see more crime. We do need to see this as an emergency situation.
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I think the City Council authorized the manager to do this and that this is the right way to go, ... We need someone to represent the interests of the city with expertise on such issues.
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I think we're on the same page, ... We want to move the city forward.
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I think it's just going to make North Park a cultural hub in the city, ... and people will start coming back into our older urban communities and urban villages because so much of this is going on.
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It is irresponsible for the city attorney, who has been elected to protect the interests of the city, to continue acting in a manner that could result in such disastrous financial consequences for San Diego's taxpayers.
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I'll consider it further in the coming weeks when I have the ability to sit down and fully review them and decide on what we should be able to release.