Marni von Wilpert for City Council

For Marni, it’s always about progress – never today’s divisive, ugly politics. Marni authored the first-of-its-kind law to stop the flood of untraceable ghost guns – and it’s keeping San Diegans safe. She launched the Homelessness Conservatorship Unit for new, urgent action on the most tragic mental illnesses – and it’s showing promise..

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<h2>If you’re from around here, you probably already know Marni.</h2><h3>She’s our Councilwoman and our community’s champion.&nbsp;She fought for safety and justice as a local city prosecutor.&nbsp;And Marni grew up right here in our neighborhood – she graduated from Scripps Ranch High, led our local girl scouts as a teenager and still lives just a stone’s throw from her childhood home.</h3><img src="https://run.imgix.net/56ca8f14-d5e8-4485-bc02-58a3ab363bb0/760414ad-95e3-4a2a-b8eb-693395952eef/760414ad-95e3-4a2a-b8eb-693395952eef.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=7&amp;con=22&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=796%2C30%2C2142%2C2698" alt="" title="right-50" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed" align="right">Leading the city’s Public Safety Committee, Marni is bringing unflinching focus to the task of keeping all of San Diego safe.&nbsp;In addition to her landmark work on gun safety, Marni has fought to hire more police officers and firefighters, and provide better training and better pay for our critical first responders.&nbsp;And she’s leading the charge to step up San Diego’s response on the opioid crisis, with more prevention, enforcement and access to life-saving overdose reversing treatment.Marni has a well-earned reputation as the go-to taxpayer watchdog on the City Council, where she’s known for speaking out against bad deals for the public and lasering in on the small print that can have a big impact in city contracts.&nbsp;Marni’s has consistently fought to save taxpayers millions, and she’s held city contractors accountable for services they pledged to provide.

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Marni authored the first-of-its-kind law to stop the flood of untraceable ghost guns – and it’s making San Diego safer.
She’s added new parks and sped up road repairs – and it’s making life in our neighborhoods even better.
And time and again, when risky downtown deals put taxpayers in jeopardy, Marni speaks truth to power and fights for us.
That’s Marni. People over politics. Always.

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City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert said at a news conference Friday that the transition team is “the type of investment I want to use from the opioid settlement dollars to really make a difference here in our communities.”

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San Diego using opioid settlement money to help break cycle of overdose

“Thousands of families are missing someone at that kitchen table every night, because of the effects of fentanyl poisoning,” San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert said during a press conference on Tuesday ahead of the discussion on the proposal.

County passes new effort with city of San Diego to address opioid crisis

San Diego City Council Member Marni von Wilpert wants things to change. Von Wilpert is behind a&nbsp;proposal&nbsp;to&nbsp;reform&nbsp;how city agencies procure firearms. The measure would require the city to ensure that the gun sellers it does business with operate within all local, state, and federal laws. The specific protocols aren’t yet clear — the proposal&nbsp;just made it&nbsp;to the city’s Public Safety Committee.

Can Changing Where Police Buy Firearms Reduce Gun Violence?

National news is not how San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert imagined coming out.“You’re hoping to have maybe private, quiet conversations with folks. Instead, I came out in The New York Times.”

On National Coming Out Day, San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert shares her story

“It is very disappointing that very wealthy companies are not helping us on our journey to house folks here in San Diego,” Councilmember Marni Von Wilpert said at Tuesday’s meeting.&nbsp;

City Council Calls Out Company that Blocked Housing Project

Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.

Marni von Wilpert stands against discrimination in the New York Times

“I’m frankly shocked by this because eliminating LGBTQ content from libraries is what you might expect in Mississippi, but never here in San Diego,” von Wilpert said. “Denying others the right to read LGBTQ-affirming books is just another way of telling LGBTQ people they don’t belong — and that’s dead wrong. Everyone has the right to read what they want, but absolutely no one has the right to keep others from reading books that reflect their experiences and backgrounds.”

Protesters ruin Rancho Peñasquitos library’s Pride exhibit by checking out nearly all the books

Today, the San Diego City Council voted to pass the City's Unsafe Camping Ordinance, brought forth by Mayor Todd Gloria and Councilmember Stephen Whitburn. While we have much more work to do to provide support and resources for our unsheltered population, this ordinance regulating where people can and cannot safely camp on public property is one step our City can take to improve public health and safety for all San Diegans.

Councilmember von Wilpert Statement on Passing of Unsafe Camping Ordinance

Von Wilpert called the $104 million “one of the most historic investments” and promised to “fight for District 5 to get its fair share.”

Councilmember von Wilpert holds virtual meeting to educate public on street repairs

District Attorney Summer Stephan, County Supervisor Joel Anderson, City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, and Deputy District Attorneys Scott Pirello and Michael Zachry are hosting a community workshop to discuss types of adult elder abuse.Councilmember Marni von Wilpert discussed the upcoming event on KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego.

San Diego elected officials hosting Elder Abuse and Scam Prevention Workshop

Marni von Wilpert, San Diego City Councilmember for District 5, today formally announced her reelection campaign, which has drawn overwhelming early support from local leaders and organizations.

Marni von Wilpert Launches Reelection Campaign

Too many San Diego families are experiencing the tragedy of lives lost to opioid overdoses, especially from fentanyl. Last year the number of overdose deaths surged 33 percent in San Diego, from 976 in 2020 to 1,303 in 2021. While other substances including methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol were the cause of some of the accidental overdose deaths, the recent surge in the presence of fentanyl, a synthetic and hard-to-detect opioid up to 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, has fueled the...

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As the chair of City Council’s Committee on Active Transportation and Infrastructure, Marni von Wilpert, a Democrat, said she is trying to streamline processes to save money while getting infrastructure problems fixed.“We have gotten a lot accomplished,” von Wilpert said. “We finally had the funding, in the past budget cycle, for the largest investment. Adding almost $1 billion to the budget. Now we just have to put it to work.”

Marni von Wilpert wants to streamline city procedures

The&nbsp;San Diego City Council&nbsp;Tuesday approved an update to the city’s&nbsp;Climate Action Plan, including setting a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

City Council  Adopts Updated, More Ambitious Climate Action Plan with Zero Emissions Goal

For over 15 years, a hopeful sign stood on a vacant lot on Village Center Loop Road, reading “Future library”. That future got one step closer with the official groundbreaking of the new Pacific Highlands Ranch Library on a sunny July 15 morning. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and City Councilmember Joe LaCava helped lead the ceremonial shoveling of dirt to mark the long-awaited start of construction.

For over 15 years, a hopeful sign stood on a vacant lot on Village Center Loop Road, reading “Future library”. That future got one step closer with the official groundbreaking of the new Pacific Highlands Ranch Library on a sunny July 15 morning.

City breaks ground on Pacific Highlands Ranch Library

San Diego City Councilwomen Marni von Wilpert and Jennifer Campbell joined San Diego School Board trustees on Friday to announce the Stop Adolescent Addiction to Flavored E-Cigarettes Act was officially signed into law by Mayor Todd Gloria.

Ban on flavored-tobacco sales in San Diego signed into law

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“It’s been an incredible two years—we've passed a landmark law banning illegal ghost guns, stopped big tobacco from targeting youth with candy-flavored vapes, created more affordable housing, and invested record resources in our city's infrastructure.

<h3>Marni’s dedication to service isn’t new – it’s her lifelong passion.&nbsp;</h3>
After college, Marni served in the Peace Corps in Botswana amid the AIDS epidemic in Africa.&nbsp;Graduating law school at the top of her class, Marni again chose public service – she fought for the underserved, founding the Mississippi Center for Justice to combat anti-LGBTQ, racial and gender discrimination.&nbsp;And Marni served as a litigator for the National Labor Relations Board and counsel to the Congressional Committee on Education and Labor, where she wrote federal legislation to strengthen workers’ rights, wages and safety on the job.
But after working all over the world, nothing could keep Marni from coming back to the community she’s always called home and working to make it even better.&nbsp;Prior to her election to the City Council, Marni was a civil prosecutor in the City Attorney’s Office where she cracked down on price gouging of essential goods during the pandemic, held polluters accountable for toxic dumping and went after wage theft that robbed workers of their hard-earned pay.
Marni is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the Fordham School of Law.&nbsp;She is the first Democrat in a generation to be elected to represent District 5, San Diego’s most conservative district. In addition to her service on the City Council, Marni continues to give back by serving on the boards of San Diego Youth Services, and Teen Health Mississippi.

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🚀 Big Announcement! 🚀 I'm officially running for re-election to the City Council! With our goals set high – tackling gun violence, boosting children's health, and a fair share for every neighborhood – we're ready to go the distance.
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Had a wonderful fundraiser with Judy Ki, Mayor @ToddGloria, Councilmember @KentLee, and our friends! We're keeping up the momentum for our re-election campaign! https://t.co/z3RHSzgeCo

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What an amazing event- thank you to everyone who came (in the rain 🥶🌧) to help me launch my campaign for re-election! I'm so excited to hit the campaign trail to earn District 5's support to continue representing my hometown on the San Diego City Council! 🥳 #PeopleOverPolitics https://t.co/Uapmr8VCGi

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