- July 26, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Kevin Faulconer speaks at a press conference in Kearny Mesa touting a new ordinance that allows local businesses to offer outdoor dining amid the coronavirus pandemic. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz
Former Mayor Kevin Faulconer will be listed on the September recall ballot as a businessman, thanks to a part-time role he plays for his former chief of staff’s government consulting company.
His job, providing “strategic advice” for the firm’s clients, has not been part of his pitch to supplant Gov. Gavin Newsom, but it became salient last week when a judge ruled that he could not describe himself to voters as “retired San Diego mayor,” since he did not retire from the job and is not retired at all. His experience leading the state’s second-largest city has been the basis of his campaign.
He’ll instead be listed on the ballot as “businessman/educator,” based on two jobs he’s held this year after leaving office.
The businessman…
