Spotlighting CDT-endorsed Paloma Aguirre’s election to the San Diego Board of Supervisors
The voice of South San Diego County returned to county government on Tuesday as newly elected South County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre took her oath of office and immediately set to work implementing her and fellow Democrats’ political agenda.
Aguirre, previously mayor of Imperial Beach, won a July 1 special election to fill the supervisorial seat vacated by former Supervisor Nora Vargas, who resigned in December for unexplained reasons.
Aguirre’s arrival at the five-member Board returns county government to Democratic control. Following Vargas’ departure, the Board had been deadlocked between two Democratic and two Republican supervisors.
Aguirre’s husband, Delio Bacalski, administered the oath of office Tuesday morning before a raucous, overflow crowd outside the front entrance of the County Administration Center in downtown San Diego.
“We did it guys, we did it!” an ebullient Aguirre exclaimed to an audience of San Diego power brokers, union members, campaign supporters and South County community leaders.