Raul Campillo
Council Member
City of San Diego
Raul Armando Campillo was born in San Diego and raised in El Cajon, CA. Raul’s family originally hails from Calexico, CA. Raul attended Uni High School (USDHS, now Cathedral Catholic High School) in Linda Vista before attending Harvard University.
After graduating with his degree in Government, Raul worked as a fifth-grade public school teacher in one of the country’s poorest school districts in North Las Vegas, NV. After earning a Master’s Degree in Education from UNLV, Raul left teaching to pursue a career in law, earning his law degree from Harvard Law School and joining the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers.
Raul returned to public service here at home in San Diego as a Deputy City Attorney. Raul was elected to a 4-year term on the San Diego City Council on November 3, 2020.
Raul is dedicated to ensuring the people in the Seventh Council District are well served at City Hall. Raul believes that the City must provide a strong economic environment for working families to be able to afford living in San Diego. On the City Council, Raul has led on increasing access to quality and affordable childcare for San Diegan families.
When Raul is not busy working at City Hall, he can be found watching international soccer, going fishing with his father, biking from Mission Valley to Mission Bay, or on hikes all over San Diego with his wife Nadia, their son Rafael, and their miniature schnauzer, Jojo.
