July 18, 2025
This year’s budget discussions for the City of San Diego focused on how to balance City needs and priorities with the City’s current financial restraints. Mayor Todd Gloria has emphasized producing a budget that maintains core services without further jeopardizing the City’s long-term financial stability.
The San Diego City Council passed its $6 billion FY2026 budget on June 23rd by a vote of 6-3. Earlier in the process, the Council approved the proposed budget, with a handful of modifications that increased the City’s spending for the upcoming fiscal year on various programs and services. Mayor Gloria utilized his ability to line-item veto a number of these modifications, which came back to the Council on the 23rd. Opinions on Council were mixed when it came to a full override of the proposed vetoes. Ultimately, the Council passed a budget that restored funding to select priorities, including City lakes, brush management, and other community services, by overriding some, but not all, of the Mayor’s vetoes.