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Mayor Jerry Sanders plans to propose Tuesday sweeping cuts to close San Diego's $179 million deficit. Under Sanders' plan, there would be a combination of budget cuts, layoffs, delayed payments and revenue-generating ideas to be implemented by Jan. 1...
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The City Council convened a special meeting Wednesday to begin discussing how to close a projected spending shortfall in San Diego next fiscal year that Mayor Jerry Sanders has estimated at $179 million. "Like other cities across the nation, San Diego...
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A five-month multi-agency investigation targeting a southeast San Diego street gang culminated Friday in the capture of 21 criminal suspects, including a young man allegedly responsible for two killings that went unsolved for months. San Diego police...
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Mayor Jerry Sanders proposed Friday that San Diego's two troubled redevelopment agencies be maintained as independent organizations...There have been calls over the past few months to have the city take over the agencies entirely. Sanders said his ability...
San Diego residents are not conserving enough water and may soon face mandatory rationing, Mayor Jerry Sanders warned again Thursday. The mayor's warning follows Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent declaration of a statewide drought emergency. "Everyone...
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Painful decisions lie ahead and San Diegans will have to accept reality as city officials attempt to confront the ongoing impacts of the mounting national recession on municipal finances, Mayor Jerry Sanders said Wednesday night in his annual "State of...
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The San Diego City Council will hold a special meeting Friday to consider overriding Mayor Jerry Sanders' veto of a package of mid-year budget cuts. Last month, Sanders called for $43 million in budget cuts to help close a mid-year spending shortfall...
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The City Council convened a special hearing Wednesday on Mayor Jerry Sanders' plan to close a $43 million mid-year spending shortfall by cutting jobs, closing some libraries and recreation centers and trimming public safety spending. "I know these cuts...
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onsidering that slumping tax revenues are posing severe strains on San Diego's budget, the City Council would be crazy not to adopt Mayor Jerry Sanders' plan for streamlining the sprawling Development Services Department. Nonetheless, labor union opposition...
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About 500 people who provide home health care for the disabled and elderly rallied Tuesday at the County Administration Building for higher wages. About 22,000 people are paid $9.25 per hour by the county of San Diego to provide health care services at...