San Diego's Budget Crisis: Cuts to Libraries & Parks

0:00It's April 21st, from your city to your ears. This is California News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. San Diego Staring Downing $118 million budget deficit for next year and Mayor Todd Gloria is pushing cuts to libraries, parks, and rec centers to plug the whole. Inflations jacking up costs, infrastructures falling apart, and revenue growth is crawling, so every department is getting trimmed, including shorter. Officers and less staff at those public spots. Advocates hit the streets Monday at Civic Center Plaza, calling these places lifelines for families scraping by, keeping kids off the corners with. Safe spaces and mentors before trouble even starts. The plan also wipes out the Office of Child and Youth Success in the library department, which hunts grants for youth programs and pushes childcare on. Cityland, while surveys show residents prioritizing street fixes, police, and fire services. Council hearings kick off May 4th through 8th, with a revised budget dropping mid-May

1:04and final vote in June folks are watching close to see if. Community voices shift the cuts.