When we asked San Diegans what they would do to fill the city’s more than $300 million budget shortfall, we received a lot of responses. They were a mixed bag of cost cutting and revenue generating measures. For example, a lot of residents suggested shrinking the police department’s budget or charging increased parking rates at the beach.
The responses showed that city residents in general understood that in order to close the budget gap, cuts would have to be made and revenues increased.
That’s what San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria thinks too. “We are committed to living within our means,” he wrote in his budget proposal released in April…