inewsource emailed San Diego County Board of Supervisors candidates Norma Contreras, John Franklin, Rebecca Jones, Kyle Krahel and Sasha Miller 10 questions each about some of the county’s most pressing issues – including housing, homelessness, transportation and public safety – and gave them 250 words per answer.
Franklin and Jones are Republicans, Contreras and Krahel are Democrats, and Miller is an independent. One of them will represent nearly 700,000 residents in Escondido, Oceanside, Vista and San Marcos as well as several unincorporated communities and tribal nations in northeastern San Diego County.
Voting has begun and runs through June 2. The top two vote-getters, regardless of political party, advance to a Nov. 3 runoff election. The winner takes office in January. The Q&As are below…