The City of Escondido - City Council & Commissions

Dick Daniels
Council Member
ddaniels@escondido.org

Elected to the Escondido City Council in November 2006
Member of three Council subcommittees: Economic Development, Schools, and Investment, as well as three Council ad hoc committees: California Center for the Arts, Palomar Pomerado Health, and Rincon water issues
Escondido representative for San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority and Escondido Creek Watershed Alliance
Member of the League of California Cities' Revenue and Taxation Committee
Member of California State University San Marcos University Advisory Council
Founding Member of Escondido Charitable Foundation
2005-06 President of Escondido Rotary Club
2004-05 Chairman of Escondido Chamber of Commerce
2000 Vice Chairman of First Night Escondido
Former member of Citizens Task Force for a New Library, the Downtown Specific Plan Committee, and Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee
Former newspaper reporter and editor; currently owns and operates RMD Communications, a public relations consulting firm
Accredited Member (APR) of Public Relations Society of America, its Counselors Academy and Independent Practitioners Alliance
Named one of 51 "San Diego Top Influentials" in 2008 by The (San Diego) Daily Transcript
Escondido resident since April 1990
Married 32 years. Dick and his wife, Kathy, have two adult sons: Bobby and Michael