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San Diego Budget Priorities Take Shape as Hiring Pause Reduces Deficit and Mayors Push for Homelessness Funding

- From the Mayor's Desk

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.
 
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Building More Homes, Investing in Neighborhoods, and Planning for Tough Budget Decisions

- From the Mayor's Desk

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.
 
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Crime Drops for Fourth Straight Year as San Diego Advances Housing and Neighborhood Improvements

- From the Mayor's Desk

Mayor Todd Gloria’s latest "From the Mayor's Desk" newsletter highlights a continued decline in crime across San Diego, reinforcing the city’s standing as one of the safest big cities in America. The update also outlines progress on neighborhood infrastructure funded by parking meter revenue, recognition of local women leaders, and major momentum on housing—including a key court victory and federal legislation to help build more homes.
 
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Budget Survey Draws Strong Public Input as Housing Progress, Public Safety Support and Global Events Advance in San Diego

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria highlights strong public participation in the City’s Resident Budget Survey as San Diego prepares for a projected budget shortfall, with early feedback emphasizing priorities like fixing roads and keeping communities safe. The update also outlines a City and County partnership to keep a 164-bed domestic violence shelter operating, nearly 500 new homes advancing through projects supported by City programs like Bridge to Home and Complete Communities, a bipartisan call from the United States Conference of Mayors for immigration enforcement reforms, and San Diego’s selection as a FIFA World Cup 2026 Team Base Camp for Switzerland and New Zealand.
 
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Budget Survey Launches as City Prepares for Tough Choices

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria shares the launch of the City’s Resident Budget Survey as San Diego begins developing the next fiscal year’s budget amid a projected $120 million shortfall driven by rising costs, aging infrastructure, and softening revenues such as visitor taxes. The update also highlights expanded free parking for City residents at Balboa Park, a visitor-funded modernization plan for the San Diego Convention Center, and reforms to historic preservation rules that protect historic resources while making it easier to build more homes that everyday San Diegans can afford. 
 
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State Invests $5 Million in Peacemaker Project as City Advances Public Safety, Shelter and Homeownership Efforts

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s “From the Mayor’s Desk,” Mayor Todd Gloria highlights a $5 million state investment to expand the Peacemaker Project, which has already served more than 1,000 young people and families and focuses on preventing gun and gang violence in Districts 4, 8 and 9. The newsletter also spotlights long-overdue upgrades to Police Plaza funded through philanthropic and state support (not City funds), activation of the City’s Inclement Weather Shelter Program during recent storms to ensure no one seeking a bed was turned away in the rain, and up to $50,000 in assistance to help middle-income families achieve homeownership and put down roots in San Diego.
 
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Budget Season Begins with Focus on Fiscal Discipline

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s “From the Mayor’s Desk,” Mayor Todd Gloria outlines the start of the City’s annual budget process amid a projected $120 million shortfall driven by slowing revenue growth, rising labor and operating costs, and ongoing service demands, emphasizing a disciplined approach and inviting public input. The newsletter also highlights progress on neighborhood infrastructure, including more than 3,500 repairs completed in three months using reallocated parking meter revenue, $6.9 million in regional SANDAG funding for mobility, planning, and climate projects, and continued slurry seal work to extend the life of city streets across multiple neighborhoods.
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Free Parking at Balboa Park Expanding for City Residents, Olympic Soccer Coming to San Diego, and Progress on Homelessness

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria shares updates to the Balboa Park parking program that will expand free parking for City of San Diego residents starting March 2 while creating a dedicated funding stream for park maintenance. The newsletter also highlights San Diego’s selection to host Olympic soccer during the LA28 Games, new data showing a nearly 50 percent reduction in homelessness along the San Diego River, and continued progress on affordable housing, public safety, and regional investments.

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Housing Leadership, Public Safety Gains, and Action on Clearing the Way for Behavioral Healthcare Facilities in the City of San Diego

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria highlights San Diego’s continued leadership on housing, with nearly 80 percent of new apartments opening countywide in 2026 located within city limits. The weekly update also details measurable public safety improvements citywide, including continued crime reductions and expanded emergency response capacity reported in the 2025 Progress Report (read the full report at sandiego.gov/2025progress). Additional stories focus on cutting red tape to support behavioral healthcare providers, and launching a major energy retrofit program to modernize public facilities, cut emissions, and lower long-term costs while advancing climate goals.

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Mayor Gloria Signs Community Plan Updates, Advances Infrastructure, and Expands Economic Opportunity

- From the Mayor's Desk

In this week’s "From the Mayor’s Desk" newsletter, Mayor Todd Gloria highlighted the signing of the Clairemont and College Area Community Plan updates to add housing capacity and improve safety, mobility, and public spaces. The update also covered global economic milestones, new funding for stormwater upgrades, financial assistance for trash and recycling fees, and state funding to move forward Grove Neighborhood Park in San Diego's Otay Mesa-Nestor neighborhoods.

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