fifth-grader Emma Smith as Mayor for the Day after the 9-year-old won an essay contest.
“This morning, I was kind of nervous, but then I was like, ‘This isn’t too bad,’ ” said Mayor Emma Smith on Monday priort to a news conference with her counterpart. Mayor Smith said she wrote an essay about her desire to improve the city’s homeless situation, roadways, and the cleanliness of beaches and parks. Mayor Gloria picked her essay out of dozens of submissions.Get San Diego local news, weather forecasts, sports and lifestyle stories to your inbox.The duo held a news conference, took a meeting at the San Diego Zoo, another with the mayor’s staff, then attended a city council meeting broken up by the all-important power lunch.