The Hillary Clinton campaign officially opened an organizing office in Bankers Hill Tuesday – the first in San Diego.
Local Clinton supporters Assembly Member Toni Atkins and Councilmember Todd Gloria, along with other elected leaders, hosted organizers and volunteers at the Hillary for America office.
“San Diego is ready,” Atkins said. “We are the second largest city in the state. We have a lot to contribute. We know how to do campaigns…I think it’s an exciting time to come together and say why it is we are supporting Hillary.”
Atkins said she worries some people in the country might take their right to vote for granted.
“In San Diego we have worked really hard, in a grassroots fashion, to make sure that we turn out the vote," she told NBC 7.
Atkins said they would be out fundraising, knocking on doors and making phone calls from the office. Bill Clinton will also be in San Diego on Saturday, Atkins said.
“Hillary is the person with the experience, the person who knows how to make things happen for Californians,” Atkins explained. “Particularly when you look at some of the issues in this campaign it is about…building bridges, not being divisive and taking positions that tear people apart. And we know that Hillary can do that.”
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Councilmember Todd Gloria said he thinks the Secretary of State has a plan to solve issues important to many Californians, such as wage inequality and the disappearing middle class.
“I think a lot of us have been supporters of Mrs. Clinton for many, many years, and the chance to put her over the top, gain the nomination, then move forward to the White House, I think that’s really exciting and historic for California,” Gloria said.
Secretary Clinton has a pledged delegate lead of nearly 300 over Senator Bernie Sanders.
The California Democratic primary is on June 7.
