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Two years ago, county Supervisor Ron Roberts found himself advocating for greater fire protection without the support of firefighters. He led the campaign for Proposition A, the failed 2008 ballot measure that would’ve raised $50 million annually for regional fire agencies.
He was one of the few politicians in the region who supported the [...]

As expected, the SANDAG board of directors this morning selected the route for a $1.2 billion extension of the San Diego Trolley north from Old Town to the UCSD campus and University Town Centre

Now with the primary behind us, we can focus these next several months on the real issues: jobs, public safety, smart management of the taxpayers’ resources and preserving support for community healthcare and social services.

Featured Video from Ron Roberts for Supervisor 2010

These are daunting challenges, and would be for any elected officials, whether veterans or rookies. But in this case, experience and a solid track record take precedence. That’s why Ron Roberts should be re-elected to a fifth term on the Board of Supervisors.

Watch an interview with Supervisor Ron Roberts discussing Juror Appreciation Week on KUSI.

Watch an interview with Supervisor Ron Roberts discussing San Diego County 5-1-1 Day.

“Virtually every group that we have met with has endorsed (this route),” said county Supervisor Ron Roberts, a member of the transit board. “There is an almost unheard-of consensus for this.”

Supervisor Ron Roberts discusses the eleventh annual Lawnmower Trade-In Event

Among the highest priorities of elected officials is to carefully spend taxpayer dollars. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors takes this into account with every decision we make.

A bouquet — the Keep Us Guessing Wrong to the Last Minute award — to Supervisor Ron Roberts for flabbergasting North County by voting against Merriam Mountains, the bitterly divisive mega-development north of Escondido.

SAN DIEGO — Despite recent cuts to San Diego’s public transit system, regional planners are moving forward with a proposed 11-mile trolley line from the Old Town Transit Center to UCSD or the University Towne Centre.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday unveiled a $118.8 billion state spending plan that avoids general tax increases but proposes deep cuts in services for the neediest Californians, setting off an immediate battle with legislative Democrats.

Breathe. For most of us, the air in our cities is the cleanest in our lifetimes.

County Supervisor Ron Roberts is known as a polished policy wonk, a former architect with perfectly white hair and a head for numbers. But when it comes to clean air, sometimes Roberts gets emotional.