Olga Diaz is a U.S. politician. , Diaz is a member of the Escondido

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Education

Diaz graduated from Santa Clara University where she successfully got a

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and Commerce degree in public accounting. Following her graduation, she was wanted by a global accounting firm called

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. She continued to serve her alma mater by doing Institutional Research for it.

Personal Information

Diaz is a founding member of the Route 78 Rotary Club and a former member of the Escondido Sunrise Rotary Club. She owns two coffee shops in Escondido. She no longer owns The Blue Mug. Diaz is married to Neil Griffin, a former marine police lieutenant who is currently a crime novelist. They have four children. Although she has been a California resident her whole life, she is notable as the first

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and a liberal

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elected to the generally conservative council.

Political background

Diaz had unsuccessfully run in the 2006 city council election. She won in November 2008 with support not only from urban areas with a

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voting pattern, but also from affluent areas that normally vote for

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. Diaz's election to the council changed the majority position of the council on immigration issues. The Escondido City Council had become known as the "city without pity" for

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. But as a result of Diaz' election, discussions about implementing controversial immigration laws ended. In 2014 Diaz unsuccessfully ran against GOP incumbent mayor, Sam Abed, in Escondido's mayoral election. In 2020, Diaz ran for the

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. In the March 3 primary, she finished in third place with 26% of the vote, trailing incumbent Supervisor Kristen Gaspar and former Obama administration official Terra Lawson-Remer, who won the November general election.https://www.livevoterturnout.com/SanDiego/LiveResults/en/Index_8.html

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Olga Diaz
at OlgaDiaz.com (official councilmember website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Olga People from Escondido, California Living people California city council members Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Women city councillors in California 21st-century American women