These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies to fight a war on drugs, to fight a war against illegal behavior, we have to send them the proper tools.

In January 2013 following a meeting between Filner and the San Diego chapter of Americans for Safe Access Filner instructed the San Diego Police Department and city code compliance officers to stop enforcing codes against marijuana dispensaries and stop forwarding cases to the San Diego City Attorney's Office. The National Iranian American Council criticized the congressman for these actions. At his first news conference after his election as mayor Filner introduced his fiancee Bronwyn Ingram a disability analyst who works for the Social Security Administration.

S. He is a member of the Democratic Party.