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Faulconer's Top 10 challenges as mayor

We have a new mayor but many pressing problems. We identify the ones Kevin Faulconer should tackle post haste

Mike Stetz, OUR CITY SAN DIEGO

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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A recent report from the National University System Institute for Policy Research didn't have promising news. Kelly Cunningham, an economist at the university, said his initial forecast for San Diego's economy is that it will continue to grow slowly. His 2013 gross domestic product calculation has the region expanding at 1.7 percent. In 2014, he sees it slowing to 1.5 percent. “This has just been a very slow and stagnant recovery, and frustratingly so," he told the U-T San Diego. “At this point our economy should be performing better.”