Tuesday last day for District 1 voters to cast ballots in county supervisor’s race

From left John McCann and Paloma Aguirre Photos courtesy of their campaigns Tuesday is the deadline to cast ballots in the special referendum to fill the District seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors necessitated by Nora Vargas late-December announcement that she would not serve her second term despite winning re-election in November Chula Vista Mayor John McCann topped the field of seven candidates in the April primary drawing of the vote Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre earned the other spot in the runoff by finishing second with District consists of three cities Chula Vista Imperial Beach and National City neighborhoods in San Diego including East Village Mountain View and San Ysidro and six unincorporated communities including Bonita East Otay Mesa and a portion of Spring Valley Aguirre is a Democrat and McCann is a Republican The Board of Supervisors is technically a nonpartisan governing body like all local authorities boards in California The current makeup is split between two Democrats Terra Lawson-Remer and Monica Montgomery Steppe and two Republicans Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond Aguirre reported City News System she is running to bring change to county cabinet to fight on the side of working people and start getting results we all need fixing the sewage dilemma lowering vigor rates and fighting crime in every district Born in San Francisco Aguirre has called Southern California home since and has been Imperial Beach s mayor since December She has been outspoken on the U S -Mexico frontier sewage poisoning trouble which has led to closed beaches along with causing serious wellbeing issues for a few residents Aguirre disclosed she ll get the county off the sidelines by funding infrastructure demanding Superfund designation from the Environmental Protection Agency and treating this as the constituents healthcare urgency it is Had a great visit with the firefighters at the Otay Mesa station the everyday heroes who protect our families and neighborhoods I m proud to be endorsed by our County Firefighters and stand with the men and women who reliably show up when we need them most of IAFF pic twitter com yERFzTbfP Paloma Aguirre she her ella paloma D July McCann a Navy veteran and Chula Vista native first elected as that city s mayor in stated on his website that Chula Vista s wildfire response has demonstrated his ability to protect residents in times of situation McCann s platform includes increased funding for law enforcement and fighting to lower the cost of living by cutting executive waste opposing unnecessary tax hikes and blocking burdensome policies like the mileage tax and San Diego Association of Governments tax In response to the confines sewage predicament McCann disclosed he has been actively working with local state and federal functionaries to secure funding for infrastructure improvements hold responsible parties accountable and push for long-term solutions to stop the flow of toxic waste into our waters ELECTORAL PROCESS DAY IS THE UPCOMING DAY I m John McCann and I m running for County Supervisor to lower the cost of living and bring common sense back to local authorities This race will be decided by who shows up and your vote could make the difference Mail your ballot Drop it off Mayor John McCann McCannForSD June Progressing registered voters in District have until p m on Tuesday when the polls close to cast their ballots Ballots went out the week of June and voters have been mailing them in or leaving them in county drop boxes since then Now seven voting centers are open daily from a m to p m On Tuesday voting centers will be open from a m to p m For more information go to sdvote com or call - or toll free at - City News Operation contributed to this article