Toni Atkins
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"Toni G. Atkins" is an United States/American United States Democratic Party/Democratic politician from San Diego, California. She is the Speaker of the California State Assembly and a member representing the California's 78th State Assembly district/78th district. In January 2014 she was elected by the Democratic caucus to be the next List of Speakers of the California State Assembly/Speaker of the Assembly, and on March 17, 2014, she was unanimously elected Speaker by the full Assembly. She is the third woman and the first acknowledged lesbian to be elected to that position. She is the first lawmaker from San Diego to be elected Speaker. She formerly served on San Diego City Council from 2000 to 2008, including a term as Mayor of San Diego/Acting Mayor. She served as the acting governor of California for nine hours on July 30, 2014, making her the first openly gay governor of California.

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We're all somewhat disturbed and quite surprised to see this information, ... I think it means we're changing a culture and a history of practice within the Auditor's Office and the city.

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Nothing more than his personal opinion.

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You have to know what you have and how it's categorized to have that discussion, so it's pretty high up there on the priority list.

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I think the City Council authorized the manager to do this and that this is the right way to go, ... We need someone to represent the interests of the city with expertise on such issues.

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I think it's just going to make North Park a cultural hub in the city, ... and people will start coming back into our older urban communities and urban villages because so much of this is going on.

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It is irresponsible for the city attorney, who has been elected to protect the interests of the city, to continue acting in a manner that could result in such disastrous financial consequences for San Diego's taxpayers.

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What has caused the damage is Ms. Atkins' misconduct, not the uncovering of Ms. Atkins' misconduct.

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However, his opinion involves a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages from the citizens of San Diego.

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The Council took no action nor a position on benefits being legal or illegal nor allowing the City Attorney to be counsel for the [San Diego City Employees' Retirement System] board.

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