San Diego's Five-Year Financial Outlook Turns Positive for the First Time in 20 Years; Mayor Gloria Says the City Will Open the Next Fiscal Year With a Balanced Budget
Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego, a city in San Diego County, California, told residents in his November 9 mayoral update that the city's Five-Year Financial Outlook, published every fall, is positive for the first time in twenty years. The outlook shows that the General Fund is in balance and that San Diego will begin the next fiscal year with a balanced budget.
Gloria called it a major milestone. He said his administration had to make difficult choices for years, reduce spending and restructure city operations to reach more stable financial footing. He said he inherited longstanding financial challenges and infrastructure needs that had been piling up for decades when he was first elected mayor, and that the city will now plan responsibly, keep spending aligned with its resources and address problems early.
In the same update, the city announced El Niño preparations: a community preparedness and sandbag distribution event on November 14, from 9 a.m. to noon or while supplies last, at Neal Petties Community Park in Mountain View (641 S. Boundary St., 92113). Each San Diego household can pick up ten free filled sandbags and learn how to prepare for high tides and potential heavy rain. The city said it has been preparing for months.
The update also rounded up other city business: the Salvation Army's Rady Center broke ground, bringing more shelter beds and permanent supportive housing; more than half a mile of Twain Avenue in Grantville was repaired; $1.5 million in state funding was secured for the San Diego Police Department's work against human trafficking, with Assemblymember Tasha Boerner credited for securing it; the San Diego River Park Foundation's Great River Clean Up has removed more than 200,000 pounds of trash from the river; and the deadline to apply for the city's Financial Assistance Program, run with the MAAC Project for customers of city trash and recycling services, is April 30, 2027.
(Source: City of San Diego)
Source: City of San Diego
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