San Diego hasn’t considered making budget cuts in the middle of an ongoing fiscal year in more than a decade, but officials had warned that was likely without the $400 million per year the sales ta…
Projected budget deficits of nearly $1.5 billion over the next five years are prompting drastic action at San Diego City Hall, including a hiring freeze and possible emergency cuts this winter to libraries and recreation centers.
Mayor Todd Gloria and City Council members said at the time that the failure of the sales tax hike, which was narrowly rejected by voters 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, would likely lead to deep budget cuts. The city will also likely suspend all non-essential expenditures and try to reduce how much it pays out to contractors like engineers and consultants by conducting an in-depth analysis of all existing contracts.
The hike would nearly double homelessness spending to $122 million. The new money includes $33 million for a 1,000-bed shelter proposed by Gloria, $6 million to replace lost shelter beds and $1.8 million for safe parking lots. City officials say a structural gap between ongoing revenue and expenses was partly masked by $550 million in federal pandemic aid the city received, which will run out in the first half of 2025.
Officials expect to start collecting this summer about $80 million per year from single-family homes that must start paying the city for trash pickup thanks to a successful 2022 ballot measure. The new revenue streams and delayed reserve payments would total about $180 million, still leaving a projected deficit for the new fiscal year of roughly $150 million.If more cuts are needed, city finance officials say options include reducing street-repair efforts, delaying building maintenance or slowing implementation of the city’s climate action plan.
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