In this week’s "From the Mayor's Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria discusses San Diego’s role in the national conversation on housing as he joins mayors from across the country at the U.S. Conference of Mayors and prepares to become the organization's president. He also answers a budget question about the role of philanthropy and public-private partnerships, highlights the return of Parks After Dark for free summer family fun and celebrates the groundbreaking of Bruce Brown Memorial Park, a new 24-acre public park coming to Mira Mesa.

In this week’s “From the Mayor’s Desk,” Mayor Todd Gloria addresses the tragic violence at the Islamic Center of San Diego and honors the heroic actions that protected worshippers. The update also outlines key restorations in the May Revise, reflecting community feedback to protect neighborhood services while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Additional highlights include a settlement that averts deep service cuts by ending paid parking in Balboa Park and lowering future trash fees, answers to resident questions about public safety funding, construction beginning on the new Oak Park Branch Library, and a fact check clarifying that the Hillcrest Pride Promenade is funded through restricted transportation dollars—not the City’s General Fund.

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk," Mayor Todd Gloria highlights a new effort to transform Golden Hall into an educational and arts hub in Downtown San Diego through a partnership with the San Diego Community College District, the Prebys Foundation, and the Downtown San Diego Partnership. The newsletter also continues the budget Q&A series with an explanation of proposed library and recreation center hour reductions and the City’s efforts to restore some neighborhood services through the May Revise process. Additional updates include the opening of Jacaranda on 9th in Cortez Hill, bringing 87 new affordable homes for residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk," Mayor Todd Gloria highlights a second consecutive year of declines in unsheltered homelessness, driven by expanded shelter options, outreach, and efforts to build more homes. The update also explains the difficult choices in the City’s draft budget, including changes to some youth programs while maintaining many others, and reinforces the focus on protecting core services. Additional highlights include an audit showing improved encampment response and investments from parking meter revenue delivering faster repairs to streets, sidewalks, and streetlights in neighborhoods across San Diego.

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk," Mayor Todd Gloria answers community questions about the City’s draft budget, explaining the difficult tradeoffs required to close a deficit while prioritizing core services like public safety, road repair, homelessness programs, and building more homes. The update also highlights early signs that increased housing supply is helping stabilize housing costs, outlines actions to rename City assets in partnership with the Barrio Logan community, and announces a new sister city relationship with Marseille, France to expand economic opportunity and global connections. 

 

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk," Mayor Todd Gloria outlines his draft budget to close a deficit while protecting public safety, fixing roads, reducing homelessness, and building more homes. The newsletter also highlights new affordable housing openings in City Heights and Serra Mesa, progress on state legislation, and San Diego’s bid to host the 2029 Invictus Games, an international multi-sport event for wounded, injured, and sick military personnel and veterans. 

In this week’s "From the Mayor's Desk" update, Mayor Todd Gloria outlines his preliminary draft budget, centered on public safety, infrastructure repairs, homelessness reduction, and building more homes despite a significant deficit. The newsletter also highlights his national call for housing solutions, support for a state bill to convert vacant offices into housing, a new regional water agreement to stabilize rates, San Diego’s role in the Artemis II mission, and the legacy of Deputy Fire Chief Alwin “Benny” Holman.

 

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk," Mayor Todd Gloria highlights continued progress in building more homes, with faster permitting delivering thousands of affordable units and helping drive down rents across San Diego. The newsletter also outlines a successful partnership with Caltrans that is reducing dangerous freeway fires through coordinated outreach and cleanup, and highlights support for state legislation to move forward the Midway Rising redevelopment, which will bring thousands of new homes and transform a key area of the city.

 

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria highlights input from more than 10,000 San Diegans helping shape the City’s budget priorities, with strong focus on street repairs, public safety, homelessness, and housing. The City has reduced its projected shortfall significantly through a pause on most hiring and other cost-saving measures. The Mayor also joined the California Big City Mayors coalition to advocate for sustained state funding to prevent homelessness and announced the continuation of a state-funded youth employment program that is creating pathways into public service.

 

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria highlights the opening of nearly 1,000 new homes in Clairemont and Kearny Mesa, continued investments in downtown infrastructure ahead of Padres Opening Day, and progress on long-awaited community projects like the Boston Avenue Linear Park. The update also urges residents to weigh in on the City’s budget survey as San Diego prepares to make difficult decisions while staying focused on public safety, housing, homelessness, and infrastructure.