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Facing a projected budget shortfall of $56 million, San José Mayor Matt Mahan on Tuesday called for a round of belt-tightening at City Hall in his annual spending plan.
Mahan, who is running for California governor, acknowledged that cuts are likely unavoidable given sluggish tax returns and rising employee costs — but he called for the preservation of funding for five city “focus areas” that have defined both his mayoralty and his nascent statewide campaign: unsheltered homelessness, public safety, housing production, neighborhood cleanup and economic growth.
“Our current fiscal outlook demands that we make difficult trade-offs to maintain critical core services for our residents,” Mahan wrote in his March Budget Message. “Recommitting to focus reinforces our commitment to fiscal sustainability and cost-effective service delivery.”…