While their budget recommendations don’t cover the complete shortfall, it does take care of all but $15 or $20 million of the gap that is predicted to be just under $57 million. One of the goals for the council is to restore funding to the fire engines that were shut down last year as part that round of budget cuts.
From KFMB-TV:
A budget resolution before the City Council next week reflects a new “proactive” way of conducting business at City Hall, council President Tony Young said Thursday.
In comments to reporters, Young called the resolution “historic” because the council has never before told the Mayor’s Office what it wants to see in advance of his proposed budget. The council has always been a “reactive body” in the past, taking up the budget plan after it has been issued, he said.
Young said the budget resolution before the City Council next week reflects a new “proactive” way of conducting business at City Hall, council President Tony Young said Thursday. budget resolution will suggest scores of ways to solve San Diego’s structural deficit collected from political, business and labor leaders and residents since 2009.
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