Raul Armando Campillo[1] (born October 4,1987) is an American attorney and politician who has served as a member of the San Diego City Council since 2020,representing District 7.
After law school,he joined the law firm O'Melveny &Myers,[6] where he practiced litigation and conducted white-collar criminal investigations. He later returned to San Diego to work as a Deputy City Attorney under then-San Diego City AttorneyMara Elliott.[4]
Political career
In 2020,Campillo ran for the district 7 seat on the San Diego City Council vacated by Scott Sherman,who was ineligible for re-election due to term limits. He finished first in the nonpartisan primary election with 35.8% of the vote. He went on to defeat Republican Noli Zosa in the November 2020 general election with 55.0% of the vote.[7]
Campillo voted in favor of a city council ordinance in 2023 that allowed police to remove homeless encampments on public property if city shelter beds were available,which passed in a 5–4 vote.[10]
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