🌙⭐️ As the sacred month of Ramadan begins, we wish everyone observing in San Diego #RamadanMubarak during this special time of faith and reflection. May this season bring healing and prosperity to you and your loved ones.

What’s on deck at City Hall this week? After legislative recess, committees are back with key conversations.

The power of the people is always greater than the people in power. Let this Presidents’ Day be a call to action. Democracy doesn’t defend itself—we do. By showing up, staying engaged, and standing together to protect our rights and one another. Power to the People.

🌧 With rain in the forecast this week, a reminder that you can report any urgent events (like flooding or downed trees) to the Get It Done app: sandiego.gov/GetItDone or by calling 619-527-7500.

🫀Today, we celebrate love in all of its forms: love for our community and the support it brings, love for our elders and the wisdom they offer, and love for ourselves — remembering our own value and worth. Today and every day, you deserve to be loved. Happy Valentine’s Day!

We were proud to partner on bringing forward a proclamation recognizing the month of February as Black History Month in the City of San Diego.   We celebrate Black History Month to honor and preserve African American culture, spirituality, political development, and heritage today and everyday.

📣 Checkout what’s happening at City Hall this week. View the full agenda and how YOU can participate!

💚 Happening TODAY (Saturday, Feb. 7) from 9AM–12PM — Let’s beautify Ward Canyon Park together! Join us as we clean, garden, and show some love to Ward Canyon Park. When we come together for a greater good, we create safer and more connected communities.

🌳 Last week, community came together to transform Park de la Cruz. That included OVER 80 students from SDSU Upward Bound! A powerful reminder: no matter how chaotic the world feels, we can always come together to make our neighborhoods better—one park at a time. 🎥 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕 + 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝟗 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑰𝒗𝒚✨

Join us on Saturday and show some love to Ward Canyon Park. When we come together for a greater good, we create safer, greener, and more connected communities. 🗓 Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 🕘 9AM–12PM 📍 Ward Canyon Park, 3905 Adams Ave Bring your friends, your family, and your community spirit! 💪💚

What’s happening in our country and our communities is not law enforcement. These agencies are not acting as neutral enforcers of the law, they’re serving as a paramilitary arm of the Trump regime. And San Diego must take a stand. The passage of yesterday’s resolution is one step in a longer fight.

San Diego Councilmember @seanelorivera.bsky.social joins us for our debut episode of The San Diego Politics Show to talk San Diego's budget crisis and the controversy over paid parking in Balboa Park. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwb5...

📣 Take a look at what decisions are being made at City Hall this week that might impact you. Show up, speak out, and help shape a San Diego that works for everyone. 📅 See the 2026 Legislative Calendar for more details: sandiego.gov/legcal

Harassing childcare providers is dangerous and disgusting and San Diego won’t accept it. We’re coordinating with @mayortoddgloria and Police Chief Wahl and have the community’s back. LEAVE OUR KIDS ALONE.

Our power is collective. Our vision is bold. We’re not just here to defeat a broken system, we’re here to build a future where everyone has what they need to thrive. That means housing, healthcare, safety, and respect for every person. We won’t stop until we get there. Let’s go.

This morning the D9 Team joined volunteers across San Diego for the annual Point-in-Time Count, a snapshot count of our unsheltered neighbors. Recognizing the humanity of people experiencing homelessness is essential to offering the support needed. We too believe that a better world is possible.

🌱 Join us this Saturday, Jan 31st at 9AM at Park de la Cruz for a day of park enhancement such as mulch spreading, trash pick-up, and playground painting. Together, let’s grow a greener San Diego and set the tone for a year rooted in care, action, and connection. Sign up: mysandiego.info/vol

🚨 TOMORROW (Wednesday, Jan 28)! 🚨 Rules Committee will consider the Empty Second Home and Vacation Rental Tax, a proposal to keep homes available for San Diegans and ensure investors who take housing off the market pay their fair share.

Balboa Park Press Conference: Announcing Proposal to Suspend City of San Diego Residential Parking Fees youtu.be/xXHfhhXUN7k?...

🚗 Parking, policy & public power — Checkout what’s happening at City Hall this week! 🏛️
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🚨 THIS Wednesday, January 28! 🚨 Rules Committee will consider the Empty Second Home and Vacation Rental Tax, a proposal to keep homes available for San Diegans and ensure investors who take housing off the market pay their fair share.

The news that federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, this time 37‑year‑old Alex Pretti, is deeply troubling. His death is part of a continuing pattern of violence by immigration enforcement agencies operating without accountability. Read our full statement for more.

When powerful institutions choose corporate profits over our community’s well-being, we have to speak out. I stand with the people demanding an end to detention profiteering and silence in the face of abuse. Community over corporations. Always.

In his time, Dr. King was surveilled, attacked, and vilified for refusing to choose order over justice. Too often, his legacy is sanitized. Stripped of the radical truth he stood for. To honor him, we must be willing to name injustice, challenge power, and reject neutrality.

🌳 Last week, community came together to transform Teralta Park and breathing new life into a space with so much history in District 9’s City Heights neighborhood. Checkout our video and hear from Liliana (lifelong resident) and Braulio (Wilson Middle student) 🎥 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕 + 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝟗 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑰𝒗𝒚

📣 City Council is back in session after winter recess! From elections and public safety to housing and infrastructure—this week’s meetings cover a range of issues. Check out how YOU can participate!

🌳 This is what community looks like. Today, neighbors, students, and volunteers came together to plant trees, paint park furniture, and invest in a greener, more beautiful Teralta Park. Thank you to everyone who showed up, got their hands dirty, and helped us kick off 2026 with purpose and pride.

🎉 Happy Birthday to our Chief of Staff, Molly! We’re so grateful for Molly’s leadership, drive, and her unwavering belief in a city where every person has the opportunity to thrive. Join us in wishing her a joyful, love-filled birthday! 💐

Start the New Year in Community🌱 Looking for a way to kick off 2026? Join us THIS Friday, January 9 at Teralta Park for a day of tree planting, park beautification, and neighborhood pride. 🗓️ Friday, Jan. 9 | 10AM–1PM 📍 Teralta Park | 4100 Central Ave ✍️ Sign up here: mysandiego.info/volunteer

Read our statement on the City’s rollout of the Balboa Park Permit Portal ⬇️

Last month, community came together under the stars at City Heights Square Mini Park for the first-ever Holiday Movie in the Park! HUGE thank you to Parks & Rec and SAY San Diego for your incredible work in bringing this event to together. 🎥 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝟗 𝑹𝒆𝒑 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 💻 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝟗 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑰𝒗𝒚

🌱 Start the New Year in Community 🌿 Looking for a way to kick off 2026? Join us next Friday, Jan 9 for a day of tree planting, park beautification, and neighborhood pride. 🗓️ Friday, Jan. 9 | 🕙 10AM–1PM 📍 Teralta Park | 4100 Central Ave ✍️ Sign up to volunteer: mysandiego.info/volunteer

🎁 This holiday season, our incredible District 9 interns rolled up their sleeves to help bring some extra joy to local families. From collecting toys to wrapping gifts and sharing smiles at the YMCA Copley-Price holiday event—our interns brought the spirit of service to life in the most joyful way.

✨ Happy Holidays! We sincerely hope everyone has a restful and safe holiday season filled with love and joy.

📦 As 2025 comes to a close, we’re unwrapping what Team D9 has been up to this year! From raising the minimum wage and standing up to corporate price gouging, to planting trees and expanding access to affordable housing—here are just a few of the things we were able to accomplish together:

🌧 Con lluvia en el pronóstico esta semana, les recordamos que pueden reportar incidentes urgentes usando la aplicación Get It Done: sandiego.gov/GetItDone o llamando al 619-527-7500. Como siempre, por favor llame al 9-1-1 en caso de una emergencia que ponga en riesgo la vida.

🌧 With rain in the forecast this week, a reminder that you can report any urgent events (like flooding or downed trees) to the Get It Done app: sandiego.gov/GetItDone or by calling 619-527-7500. As always, please call 9-1-1 in the event of a life-threatening emergency.

🕎 Hanukkah teaches us that light grows brighter when we choose courage over fear, and community over hate.✨

Absolute magic at the Stockton Rec Center this weekend! From homemade breakfast and hot cocoa to gifts donated by neighbors and a DJ from the community, Breakfast with Santa was a celebration of neighbors coming together to create joy, connection, and care. 🎥 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕 + 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝑰𝒛𝒛𝒚 & 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓

A message to our Somali community with love and solidarity. 💙

🚨City decisions shape our daily lives and your voice matters. This week, the City Council is holding special meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Check the agenda, show up, and speak up for a San Diego that works for everyone.

🗓️ On Friday (12/12), Council has two special Committee meetings: 📍 9:00 AM — Select Committee on Addressing Cost of Living 📍 12:00 PM — Public Safety Committee Tune in, speak up, and help shape a city that works for everyone.

I voted NO on the continued use of Flock's Automated License Plate Readers. Here's why👇🏽

We were honored to join the Seeds of Success celebration hosted by the SD Refugee Communities Coalition in uplifting entrepreneurs leading the way through the Refugee Entrepreneur Acceleration Project. Grateful for the work of SDRCC who are showing what’s possible when we invest in people.

🚨City decisions impact all of us. Join us at City Hall and make your voice heard! This week’s Council + Committee agenda are live. Check out how YOU can participate!

❤️ Each year Mama’s Kitchen commemorates #WorldAIDSDay by memorializing those we’ve lost to AIDS-related illnesses at the Tree of Life Ceremony. Thank you to Mama’s for hosting last night’s beautiful ceremony and for continuing to serve our community for over three decades.

Reminder to support all things small business on this #SmallBusinessSaturday! Let’s ensure all of our District 9 gems keep on thriving. Take a look at just a few of the many awesome D9 businesses you can support today!

🎄Kicked off the holiday season with the family at the annual Kensington Talmadge Holiday Tree Lighting tonight.✨ Grateful for the warm drinks, sweet treats, and even warmer community spirit. Thank you to the Kensington Talmadge Community Association for hosting!

This Thanksgiving, while many gather with loved ones, we hold space for those who can’t. Families who have been torn apart by cruel and deliberate policy choices that prioritize punishment and fear over compassion and justice.

🍕For 40 years, Woodstock’s Pizza SDSU has been part of what makes the College Area so vibrant and welcoming. Last night, we presented a certificate to celebrate their commitment to serving students, families, and neighbors who make this community what it is. Cheers to the next 40!