New San Diego Mayor Pledges to Transform City
Hailing San Diego as a potential “showcase . . . for the nation and the world,” Mayor Susan Golding pledged in her inaugural address Monday to transform the city into a collection of “urban villages” where economic and environmental goals comfortably coexist to give children better opportunities at success.
Golding, 47, told a crowd of more than 3,000 at the San Diego Convention Center that San Diego can “light the way to the next century.”
In a 22-minute address, Golding outlined a general framework for the four-year term that she won by defeating Peter Navarro in last month’s election, explaining that she plans to detail her proposals for attaining those goals in next month’s State of the City speech.
“I don’t want to minimize the very difficult problems that we face today,” Golding said. “We must solve them--and we will.”
Golding’s address followed a public re-enactment of a private swearing-in ceremony at City Hall.
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