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.