National City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Jose Rodriguez this week accused his opponent in the race, City Councilmember Marcus Bush, of being unfit to steward the city. He said Bush has mismanaged his own personal finances and sought to “line his pockets with public funds” following two city-financed trips to conferences.
Rodriguez and his campaign team shared public records that include a recent foreclosure on Bush’s National City house, a year-old unpaid traffic ticket and Bush’s continued failure to reimburse the city for travel costs it paid on his behalf.
The $4,015 in unreimbursed travel costs stem from two trips Bush took to public transportation conferences in 2024 and 2025, as part of his role as National City’s representative on the governing board of the Metropolitan Transportation System…