Raul Campillo | |
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| Member of the San Diego City Council from the 7th district | |
| Assumed office December 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Sherman (politician) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raul Armando Campillo October 4,1987 San Diego,California,U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Nevada,Las Vegas (MEd) Harvard Law School (JD) |
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.
A member of the Democratic Party,he represents the neighborhoods of Allied Gardens,Del Cerro,Linda Vista,Grantville,San Carlos,Serra Mesa,Tierrasanta,Lake Murray,and parts of Mission Valley. [2]
Campillo was born in San Diego,California and raised in El Cajon. He graduated from University of San Diego High School in 2005,where he was valedictorian. He then obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in government,cum laude,from Harvard University. [3] [4]
Campillo taught as a fifth grade teacher in Las Vegas,Nevada,while completing a Master's degree in education at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas. He later returned to Harvard,where he earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. [5]
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 Attorney Mara Elliott. [4]
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 ran unopposed for re-election in the 2024 San Diego City Council election,winning the election outright in the March 2024 primary. [8] In January 2025,Campillo stated that he was “seriously considering”a run for mayor of San Diego in the 2028 election. [9]
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]
Campillo has expressed support for Flock Safety automatic number-plate recognition cameras used by the San Diego Police Department. [11] [12]
Campillo lives in the Del Cerro neighborhood of San Diego with his wife,Nadia Farjood,and their son. Campillo is Catholic. [4] [13]
In 2023,Campillo and his family were hit in a vehicle collision involving a drunk driver,though no serious injuries were reported. [14]