San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
DESMOND FACES ONE CHALLENGER
Tiffany Boyd-hodgson hopes to oust incumbent in county’s Fifth District
San Diego County’s sprawling Fifth District in North County will choose between incumbent Supervisor Jim Desmond and neuroscientist Tiffany Boyd-hodgson for the next term.
Desmond, 65, is a retired pilot and former mayor of San Marcos who is running for his second term on the county Board of Supervisors. Boydhodgson, 49, owns a science consulting business and serves on the board of directors for Vallecitos Water District.
The Fifth District includes vast portions of the backcountry and encompasses the cities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido, Camp Pendleton and the communities of Fallbrook, Bonsall, Valley Center and Borrego Springs. Its boundaries were reconfigured during the county redistricting effort last year, and the district no longer includes the city of Carlsbad.
Desmond moved to San Diego 38 years ago as a member of the Navy, earned a degree in electrical engineering at San Diego State University on the GI Bill and then worked for 33 years as a pilot and captain for Delta Airlines. He served for 14 years on the San Marcos
City Council, including 12 years as mayor, before running for supervisor in 2018. He now lives in Oceanside.
“Every day I work to protect the people in my district, keep them safe, whether it be from COVID, wildfires, crime, bureaucrats who want more of their money, higher gas prices, the scourge of fentanyl or sexually violent predators,” Desmond said. “I’ve worked on all these things, and many more, so that North County remains a great place to live and raise a family.”
Boyd-hodgson earned her doc