"In San Diego we have a chance to be the dominant hub for nanotech, biotech, life sciences." — Kevin Faulconer

While San Diego is continuing to produce world-class businesses that are changing lives with breakthroughs like mapping the human genome, we should also use innovation and technology to map a better future for our children.

We have a great, positive relationship with Mexico. The Tijuana mayor crosses into San Diego, we talk all the time and vice verses. It's about neighbors working together, and that's my very clear message about a bi-national region that works. That's a competitive advantage.

You should govern not by partisanship, but by leadership.

No one is born believing in harmful stereotypes. They are learned over time. The good news is they can be unlearned.