Author Details
Author Details
Cox, Greg
"Since joining the Board of Supervisors in 1995, Supervisor Greg Cox has worked tirelessly in pursuit of one goal ? to serve the people of San Diego County. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Cox oversees a $4 billion budget for 2.9 million people, the seventh largest county in America, larger than 20 states.
Throughout his tenure, Cox has helped move the County through comprehensive budget and management reform, pulling it from the brink of bankruptcy, to a state of stability that Governing magazine named the best run county in California and the third best managed in the nation. He?s embraced change and brought forward innovation, such as selling pension obligation bonds on Wall Street, making San Diego the only county to be listed on the NYSE, a transaction Governing magazine called the ?Deal of the Century.?
Simply stated, Greg Cox strives to make County government work for the people it serves. As California faces a record breaking financial crisis, Supervisor Greg Cox has kept the needs of local residents on the forefront of State decision-making. As First Vice President of the California State Association of Counties, he worked with Sacramento Legislators and the Governor to hammer out budget decisions with San Diego County?s needs in mind. Cox has earned the statewide reputation of a well-respected coalition builder who cuts through red tape to get things done.
Named ?Legislator of the Year? by San Diegans Against Crime, Greg Cox has focused his leadership on public safety. Through combating the growing threat of identity theft, and protecting children from sexual predators, to the development of a regional strategy to fight gang violence, and battling violators who flaunt health and environmental laws, Supervisor Cox?s efforts have made our communities safer. He has earned the strong support of law enforcement officials and organizations throughout the County.
On the Board of Supervisors, Cox has improved the lives of children and families by transforming the County?s foster care system, and making an unprecedented commitment to invest all of the County?s settlement funds from tobacco companies, some $29 million each year, on healthy kids and communities. He?s beefed up efforts to keep kids in school, off drugs, and away from a life of crime through innovative delinquency diversion programs. And, he?s improved neighborhoods by upgrading ball fields, libraries and community centers, and creating after school programs for kids. Cox has fought to protect and enhance the environment by creating large regional parks, preserving open space and launching Project Clean Water, the most comprehensive attack on stormwater pollution in regional history.
Beginning his career as an educator in the Sweetwater Union High School District, Greg Cox brings a thoughtful and balanced style to his leadership. From his early days as a City Councilman and Mayor of Chula Vista, Cox has made government accessible and accountable to the people. He has put his expertise to use statewide as Director of Local Government for the Governor?s Office of Planning and Research in Sacramento. In San Diego, he was a successful businessman in the private sector, before serving on the Board of Supervisors.
A graduate of Chula Vista schools, Cox received his Bachelor?s and Master?s degrees from San Diego State University. Throughout his career, he has committed his personal time and has raised over $1 million for a number of charitable causes in support of children, veterans and the environment. He and his wife of 28 years, who serves as an elected member of a local elementary school district, are committed to public service and are enormously proud that they have instilled in their two daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, the importance of serving the community. "
