San Diego County is not the City of San Diego, and it’s not the State of California. But some of my colleagues seem determined to take us down the same reckless path.
The City of San Diego is drowning in a $258 million deficit. The State of California is buried in $68 billion of debt. And just last year, the County had to bail out the City after devastating floods—because they failed to maintain their own infrastructure or their budget. That’s not leadership. That’s mismanagement.
Now, those same habits are creeping into our County government. At last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, a 3-2 majority voted to “modernize” our reserves. Let’s be clear—this is nothing more than a raid on taxpayer emergency savings…