San Diego: Half of San Diego’s new appointees are women, 70% are people of color on boards, commissions
BY ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA | SanDiegoUnionTribune.Com Troy Warren for CNT Mayor Todd Gloria says he wants to make it easier for the public to nominate themselves SAN DIEGO — Mayor Todd Gloria announced about half the volunteers he appointed to the city’s more than 45 board and commissions are women and 70 percent are people of color. Some are the first in their demographic group to serve in those roles, including the first Black Somali refugee to serve on the San Diego County Water Authority, Ismahan Abdullahi. Others are geographic firsts, such as Ken Malbrough, the first District 4 resident to serve on the…