San Diego Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Government== ===Local government=== {{See also|Mayor of San Diego|San Diego City Council|Government of San Diego County, California|label 3=Government of San Diego County}} [[File:Cabrillo Bridge Reenactment 150509-M-PG109-006 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Todd Gloria]] is the current [[Mayor of San Diego]].]] The city is governed by a mayor and a nine-member city council. In 2006, its government changed from a [[council–manager government]] to a [[Mayor–council government|strong mayor government]], as decided by a citywide vote in 2004. The mayor is in effect the chief executive officer of the city, while the council is the legislative body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/mayortransition/index.shtml |title=San Diego City website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720073815/http://www.sandiego.gov/mayortransition/index.shtml |archive-date=July 20, 2010 }}</ref> The City of San Diego is responsible for [[San Diego Police Department|police]], public safety, streets, water and sewer service, planning and zoning, and similar services within its borders. San Diego is a [[sanctuary city]],<ref>{{cite news |title=A close look at 'sanctuary cities' |author=Grant Martin |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/04/10/20110410sanctuary-cities-united-states.html |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |date=April 10, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |quote=These communities – called "sanctuary cities" by both critics and defenders – are home to many of the estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and include Austin, New York City, San Diego and Minneapolis.}}</ref> however, San Diego County is a participant of the [[Secure Communities and administrative immigration policies|Secure Communities]] program.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sheriff asks to opt out of federal immigration program |author=John Coté |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2010/05/18/sheriff-asks-to-opt-out-of-federal-immigration-program/ |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 18, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |quote=The program is already in place for numerous counties in California that have sanctuary cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Alameda. |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511184943/http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2010/05/18/sheriff-asks-to-opt-out-of-federal-immigration-program/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Secure Communities' Program Comes Under Fire |author=Ruxandra Guidi |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jun/20/secure-communities-program-comes-under-fire/ |newspaper=KPBS |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, the city had one employee for every 137 residents, with a payroll greater than $733 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosiak |first=Luke |date=July 22, 2013 |title=EXography: 19 U.S. cities have proportionately bigger workforces than bankrupted Detroit |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/exography-19-u.s.-cities-have-proportionately-bigger-workforces-than-bankrupted-detroit/article/2533338 |newspaper=Washington Examiner |location=District of Columbia |access-date=May 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193951/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/exography-19-u.s.-cities-have-proportionately-bigger-workforces-than-bankrupted-detroit/article/2533338 }}</ref> The members of the city council are each elected from single-member districts within the city. The mayor and city attorney are elected directly by the voters of the entire city. The mayor, city attorney, and council members are elected to four-year terms, with a two-term limit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/elections/city/details.shtml |title=San Diego City website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506171405/http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/elections/city/details.shtml }}</ref> Elections are held on a non-partisan basis per California state law; nevertheless, most officeholders do identify themselves as either Democrats or Republicans. In 2007, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 7 to 6 in the city,<ref name="RegDEMREP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/pdf/voterstats.pdf|title=Voter Registration in the City of San Diego|publisher=San Diego Office of the City Clerk|date=August 1, 2007|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=March 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325032145/http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/pdf/voterstats.pdf}}</ref> and Democrats currently ({{As of|2022|lc=y}}) hold an 8–1 majority in the city council. The current mayor, [[Todd Gloria]], is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. [[File:San Diego City and Administration Building.jpg|thumb|left|[[San Diego County Administration Center|County Administration Center]], seat of [[Government of San Diego County, California|San Diego County Government]]]] San Diego is part of [[San Diego County]], and includes all or part of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th supervisorial districts of the [[Government of San Diego County, California#Board of Supervisors|San Diego County Board of Supervisors]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/Eng/Ehandoutmap.shtml |title=Registrar of voters: Maps of individual supervisorial districts |publisher=County of San Diego |access-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Other county officers elected in part by city residents include the [[San Diego County Sheriff|Sheriff]], [[San Diego County District Attorney|District Attorney]], Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk, and Treasurer/Tax Collector. Areas of the city immediately adjacent to [[San Diego Bay]] ("[[tidelands]]") are administered by the [[Port of San Diego]], a quasi-governmental agency which owns all the property in the tidelands and is responsible for its land use planning, policing, and similar functions. San Diego is a member of the regional planning agency [[San Diego Association of Governments]] (SANDAG). Public schools within the city are managed and funded by independent school districts (see [[#Education|below]]). After narrowly supporting [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964, San Diego provided majorities to all six Republican presidential candidates from 1968 to 1988. However, in more recent decades, San Diego has trended in favor of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential candidates for president. [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988 is the last Republican candidate to carry San Diego in a presidential election. ===State and federal representation=== [[File:San Diego, 2016 - 301.jpg|thumb|upright|San Diego Hall of Justice]] In the [[California State Senate]], San Diego County encompasses the [[California's 38th State Senate district|38th]], [[California's 39th State Senate district|39th]] and [[California's 40th State Senate district|40th]] districts,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip |title = Communities of Interest – City |publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission |access-date = September 27, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip |archive-date = October 23, 2015 }}</ref> represented by {{Representative|casd|38|fmt=sleader}}, {{Representative|casd|39|fmt=sleader}}, and {{Representative|casd|40|fmt=sleader}}, respectively. In the [[California State Assembly]], lying partially within the city of San Diego are the [[California's 77th State Assembly district|77th]], [[California's 78th State Assembly district|78th]], [[California's 79th State Assembly district|79th]], and [[California's 80th State Assembly district|80th]] districts,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip |title = Communities of Interest — City |publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission |access-date = September 28, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054757/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip |archive-date = October 23, 2015 }}</ref> represented by {{Representative|caad|77|fmt=sleader}}, {{Representative|caad|78|fmt=sleader}}, {{Representative|caad|79|fmt=sleader}}, and {{Representative|caad|80|fmt=sleader}}, respectively. In the [[United States House of Representatives]], San Diego County includes parts or all of California's [[California's 48th congressional district|48th]], [[California's 49th congressional district|49th]], [[California's 50th congressional district|50th]], [[California's 51st congressional district|51st]], and [[California's 52nd congressional district|52nd]] congressional districts,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip |title = Communities of Interest – City |publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission |access-date = September 27, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930184128/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip |archive-date = September 30, 2013 }}</ref> represented by {{Representative|cacd|48|fmt=usleader}}, {{Representative|cacd|49|fmt=usleader}}, {{Representative|cacd|50|fmt=usleader}}, {{Representative|cacd|51|fmt=usleader}}, and {{Representative|cacd|52|fmt=usleader}} respectively. ===Scandals=== [[File:Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA Jun 03 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Jacob Weinberger United States Courthouse|Weinberger U.S. Courthouse]]]] San Diego was the site of the 1912 [[San Diego free speech fight]], in which the city restricted speech, vigilantes brutalized and tortured anarchists, and the [[San Diego Police Department]] killed a member of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW). In 1916, [[Rainmaking|rainmaker]] [[Charles Hatfield]] was blamed for $4 million in damages and accused of causing San Diego's worst [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Southern California floods - January 1916|flood]], during which about 20 [[Japanese American]] farmers died.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jenkins, Garry|title=The Wizard of Sun City: The Strange True Story of Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker Who Drowned a City's Dreams|year=2005|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press via Amazon Look Inside|page=Front flap|isbn=978-1-56025-675-5}}</ref> Then-mayor [[Roger Hedgecock]] was forced to resign his post in 1985, after he was found guilty of one count of [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] and 12 counts of [[perjury]], related to the alleged failure to report all [[Campaign finance|campaign contributions]].<ref name=Horstman>{{cite news|author=Horstman, Barry|title=Man About Town: San Diego's Ex-Mayor Roger Hedgecock Hasn't Let His Felony Conviction Get Him Down. But This Week, the Past May Catch Up With Him.|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-06/magazine/tm-27105_1_san-diego-beach|date=December 6, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Abrahamson">{{cite news|author=Abrahamson, Alan|title=Bailiff's Bias in Hedgecock Trial Disclosed|date=February 2, 1992|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-02/news/mn-1802_1_fair-trial|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> After a series of appeals, the 12 perjury counts were dismissed in 1990 based on claims of [[juror misconduct]]; the remaining conspiracy count was reduced to a [[misdemeanor]] and then dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hedgecock has clean slate; judge erases felony record |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11782F5483FF36EF&p_docnum=4&s_dlid=DL0111060115504727581&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=January 1, 1991 |access-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref> A 2002 scheme to underfund pensions for city employees led to the [[San Diego pension scandal]]. This resulted in the resignation of newly re-elected Mayor [[Dick Murphy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_24/b3937087.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050606234800/http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_24/b3937087.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2005 |title=San Diego's Widening Pension Woes |date= June 13, 2005 |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> and the criminal indictment of six pension board members.<ref>Strumpf, Daniel (June 15, 2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219224628/http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=3244 <!--http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=3244-->San Diego's Pension Scandal for Dummies], San Diego City Beat via Internet Archive. Retrieved April 3, 2011.</ref> Those charges were finally dismissed by a federal judge in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hall |first=Matthew T. |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/08/five-cleared-in-pension-case/ |title=Five cleared in San Diego pension case |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> [[File:San Diego, 2016 - 302 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse|Carter-Keep U.S. Courthouse]]]] On November 28, 2005, U.S. Congressman [[Duke Cunningham|Randy "Duke" Cunningham]] resigned after being convicted on federal [[bribery]] charges. He had represented [[United States House of Representatives, California District 50|California's 50th congressional district]], which includes much of the northern portion of the city of San Diego. In 2006, Cunningham was sentenced to a 100-month prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010501858.html|title=Cunningham Moving to Arizona Prison |date=January 5, 2007|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref> He was released in 2013. In 2005 two city council members, [[Ralph Inzunza]] and Deputy Mayor [[Michael Zucchet]] – who briefly took over as acting mayor when Murphy resigned – were convicted of [[extortion]], [[wire fraud]], and [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy to commit wire fraud]] for taking campaign contributions from a [[strip club]] owner and his associates, allegedly in exchange for trying to repeal the city's "no touch" laws at strip clubs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Greg |last2=Thornton |first2=Kelly |title=Councilmen Guilty |name-list-style=amp |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10B7E53625734BA8&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0111040622315622760&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=July 19, 2005 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033803/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10B7E53625734BA8&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0111040622315622760&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no }}</ref> Both subsequently resigned. Inzunza was sentenced to 21 months in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Ralph-Inzunza-Prison-Atwater-137790888.html|title=Ralph Inzunza Goes to Prison (Soon)|date=January 20, 2012|work=NBC San Diego|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2009, a judge acquitted Zucchet on seven out of the nine counts against him, and granted his petition for a new trial on the other two charges;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/09/01/05-50902.pdf |title=Appeals Court opinion, Sept. 1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> the remaining charges were eventually dropped.<ref>{{cite news |title=''Seven Years Later, Zucchet Cleared'' |author=Greg Moran |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=132E15958E125350&p_docnum=3&s_dlid=DL0111040622192220299&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=October 14, 2010 |access-date=April 6, 2011}}</ref> In July 2013, three former supporters of mayor [[Bob Filner]] asked him to resign because of allegations of repeated [[sexual harassment]].<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Jul/11/filner-backers-news-conference-resign/?#article-copy Filner apologizes, gets professional help], ''San Diego Union Tribune'', July 11, 2013</ref> Over the ensuing six weeks, 18 women came forward to publicly claim that Filner had sexually harassed them,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/san-diego-mayor-bob-filner-scandal|title=Another sex harassment accusation for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner|last=Lah|first=Kyung|date=August 21, 2013|work=CNN|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> and multiple individuals and groups called for him to resign. Filner agreed to resign effective August 30, 2013, subsequently pleaded guilty to one felony count of [[false imprisonment]] and two misdemeanor [[battery (crime)|battery]] charges, and was sentenced to [[house arrest]] and [[probation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/us/san-diego-mayor-resigns-in-sexual-harassment-scandal.html|title=San Diego Mayor Resigns in Sexual Harassment Scandal|date=August 23, 2013|work=NY Times|access-date=August 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/15/bob-filner-charged-san-diego-mayor/2987005/|title=Ex-San Diego mayor Bob Filner pleads guilty to 3 charges|date=October 15, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> ===Crime=== {{Main|Crime in San Diego}} [[File:Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (129) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[San Diego Police Department]]]] Like most major cities, San Diego had a declining crime rate from 1990 to 2000. 1991 would mark the city's deadliest year, registering 179 homicides<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/a1b8a394931f8033249fd2f31f9ec951|title=Once Again, Homicide Records Fall in Many Big Cities With Graphic|publisher=Associated Press|author=Landsberg, Mitchell|date=January 2, 1992|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> within city limits (while the [[San Diego County|region]] as a whole peaked at 278 homicides),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_1848_17457.pdf|title=Thirty Years of Crime in the San Diego Region: 1984 through 2013|author=Burke, Cynthia|date=April 2014|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304163135/https://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_1848_17457.pdf}}</ref> capping off an unabated, eight-year climb in murders, rapes, robberies, and assault dating back to 1983. At the time, the city was ranked last among the 10 most populous U.S. cities in homicides per 1,000 population, and ninth in crimes per 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-05-mn-681-story.html|title=Violent Crime Is Up Sharply in San Diego|author=Platte, Mark|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 5, 1991|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> From 1980 to 1994, San Diego surpassed 100 murders ten times before tapering off to 91 homicides in 1995. That number would not exceed 79 for the next 15 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/crime-actuals1950-2019.pdf|title=San Diego Historical Crime Actuals|date=1950–2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> Crime in San Diego increased in the early 2000s.<ref name="sdpdcrimeactuals">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/UCR50to2006.pdf|title=SDPD Historical Crime Actuals 1950–2006|publisher=San Diego Police Department|date=April 14, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=March 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325032143/http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/UCR50to2006.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sdpdcrime1000">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/UCRrates50to2006.pdf|title=SDPD Historical Crime Rates Per 1,000 Population 1950–2006|publisher=San Diego Police Department|date=April 14, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=March 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325032144/http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/UCRrates50to2006.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sdtribunecrime">{{cite news|last=Manolatos|first=Tony|author2=Kristina Davis|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060414/news_7m14stats.html|title=County crows at glowing crime report|work=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=April 14, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> In 2004, San Diego had the sixth lowest crime rate of any U.S. city with over half a million residents.<ref name="sdtribunecrime"/> From 2002 to 2006, the crime rate overall dropped 0.8%, though not evenly by category. While [[violent crime]] decreased 12.4% during this period, [[property crime]] increased 1.1%. Total property crimes per 100,000 people were lower than the national average in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crime Report for San Diego, California |url=http://www.homesurfer.com/crimereports/view/crime_report.cfm?state=CA&area=San%20Diego |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615000602/http://www.homesurfer.com/crimereports/view/crime_report.cfm?state=CA&area=San%20Diego |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |access-date=March 23, 2011 }}</ref> According to [[Uniform Crime Report]] statistics compiled by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) in 2010, there were 5,616 violent crimes and 30,753 property crimes. Of these, the violent crimes consisted of forcible rapes, 73 robberies and 170 aggravated assaults, while 6,387 burglaries, 17,977 larceny-thefts, 6,389 motor vehicle thefts and 155 acts of arson defined the property offenses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-8/10tbl08ca.xls |title=California – Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State by City, 2010 |publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |year=2010 |access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, San Diego had the lowest murder rate of the ten largest cities in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first= Kristina |date= February 22, 2014 |title= Murder hits near-record low in county |url= http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/22/murder-statistics-county-police-crime-2013/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |access-date=April 3, 2015 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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