Fighting For El Cajon. Every Single Day.
For more than a decade, Mayor Bill Wells has stood up for El Cajon families — against crushing taxes, against a homelessness crisis dumped on our doorstep, and against anyone in Sacramento or San Diego who treats East County like an afterthought. He's not done fighting.
WHO BILL IS
El Cajon Is Home
El Cajon isn't just where Bill Wells serves — it's home. A doctor of clinical psychology and former emergency-room nurse with three decades in health care, Bill came to public service to solve problems, not to climb a ladder. He was elected to the City Council in 2008 and has served as your Mayor since 2013.
He's not a career politician reading from a script. He's a problem-solver who listens to the people who actually live here, tells the truth even when it's unpopular, and fights for the families, seniors, and small businesses who make this city great.
"Public safety is my number one responsibility." — Mayor Bill Wells
WHAT BILL HAS DONE
A Record of Getting It Done
Under Bill Wells's leadership, El Cajon has become one of the best-run cities in San Diego County — fiscally sound, fully staffed on public safety, and unafraid to stand up to the powerful interests that overlook East County.
Stat band (big numbers, short labels):
13+ years
serving El Cajon as Mayor
$63M
city reserve built and protected
~$100M
saved through pension reform
100%
police force fully staffed
#2
busiest fire department in the nation,per capita
30 years
of health care experience brought
to City Hall
He built and protected a $63 million reserve while Sacramento drowned in debt. He renegotiated pension obligations to save taxpayers roughly $100 million — without gutting the services families count on. He fully staffed the police department while neighboring cities let public safety slide. And he brought new businesses, hotels, and the sold-out Magnolia performing arts center to town, funding city services without reaching deeper into your pocket.
What Bill Is Fighting For
Stopping the Crushing
Taxes
Families here are stretched to the limit — gas, groceries, rent, childcare, all climbing while Sacramento and the County reach deeper into your pocket. The latest insult is a proposed mileage tax that would charge you for every mile you drive, punishing the working people and commuters who keep East County running. Bill Wells is leading the fight to stop it.
Bill's stand: Not one more tax on the backs of El Cajon families.
Homeless Off the Streets — and
Into Treatment
As a psychologist and former ER nurse, Bill understands the homelessness crisis better than any politician in the region — and he refuses to accept the failed status quo. He's fought the County for funneling people from across San Diego into El Cajon's motels without warning, and he backs real solutions: mandated mental health and addiction treatment, transitional housing, and family reunification. Compassion means getting people help — not leaving them on the sidewalk to suffer.
Bill's stand: Treatment, not tents. Accountability, not excuses.
Backing the Blue and Keeping
El Cajon Safe
While other cities let public safety slide, Bill Wells fully staffed El Cajon's police force and earned the endorsement of the men and women who protect us. He'll keep fighting to hire more officers, support first responders, and make sure El Cajon stays a place where families feel safe on their own streets.
Bill's stand: Fully fund the police. Never apologize for public safety.
"I hear it every week from residents in El Cajon — everything costs too much. Gas, groceries, rent, childcare. Families are stretched to the limit. So imagine my reaction when I learned the California Assembly is advancing AB 1421 — a bill that sets up a tax on every mile you drive." — Mayor Bill Wells
El Cajon Is Worth Fighting For.
Bill Wells has never backed down from a fight to protect this city — not from Sacramento, not from the County, not from anyone. But he can't do it alone. Add your name, chip in, and let's keep El Cajon safe, affordable, and free.