Representing you, the people of San Diego

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith has served the City Council and citizens of San Diego in this capacity since December 2008. For ther ten previou years he was a San Diego Superior Court Judge, spending his first six years handling criminal and civil trials and his final years assigned to an independent civil calendar.  He has served three terms in the California State Assembly representing the Northern San Diego City District stretching from Mira Mesa to the Escondido border, and held various leadership positions, including Majority Floor Leader, Member of Rules Committee, Chairman of the Banking and Finance Committee and Vice Chairman of Judiciary. He also served as Mayor of Poway.

He graduated magna cum laude from University of San Diego in 1976. He and his wife Christine have raised three children.