The best [analogy] of what the UC Merced campus means to the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare County is the birth of a newborn child. When you have a child it changes your life forever. The opening will change life in the Valley forever in a positive way.

The project would be like a knife slicing through some of the last best natural landscapes in San Diego County. They are some of the most beautiful lands in the county. These are the places that people like to drive through to enjoy sweeping natural vistas.

The San Fernando Valley has plenty of manufacturing zones, especially in the 29th Congressional District.

I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley.

There aren't many sources of money in San Diego, apart from local partnerships and local investors. It's pretty starkly polarized to Silicon Valley.

San Diego is the best city in the world.