San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria released his updated budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 on Tuesday, still reflecting a $172 million deficit but featuring fewer cuts to services than the previous spending plan.
"The substantial deficit facing our city required tough decisions — none of which I took lightly," Gloria said."The final proposed budget released today is a fiscally prudent strategy that protects essential city services and provides additional funding for programming at our libraries and parks, as well as homelessness prevention programs.
Since then, following up on council budget meetings and public comment, Gloria has taken other actions to save money, including suspending non-essential spending in city departments and ensuring the city is filling"only the most critical positions" before the end of the fiscal year. The city's independent budget analyst, Charles Modica, said that while the proposed budget might not have what everyone is looking for, it is balanced and"reflects the city's precarious position" as it looks forward.
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