After being rescheduled from Jan. 12, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones successfully held her sixth Town Hall meeting at the Walker Ranch Senior Center in District 9. Yesterday’s meeting addressed the Fiscal Year 2027 budget for the upcoming bond, federal implications and Jones’ 2026 priorities.
Jones briefly discussed topics that coincide with the agenda to give ample time for those in attendance to ask questions at the end of the presentation.
The city’s fiscal year bond was approximately $800 million in 2017; Jones announced that the upcoming bond is expected to be significantly less. The FY 2027 bond amounts to $600 million, and the bond would cover infrastructure projects, affordable housing and potential flood projects…