Salinas Measure G report shows early-year pacing; committee presses for clearer performance measures and renewal messaging

Assistant Finance Director A. Pedroza presented the Measure G fiscal year 2025–26 first-quarter financial report to the Measure G Oversight Committee on the status of revenues and spending through Sept. 30, 2025. "Please note that the numbers are unaudited," A. Pedroza said, and reported that Measure G is projected to generate $34,500,000 for the fiscal year and currently supports 106.5 full-time equivalent positions across multiple departments.

The presentation said the city received 8% of the budgeted transaction-and-use-tax revenue for the year as of Sept. 30 — equivalent to one month’s receipts — and that overall Measure G spending for the city stood at 11% of the budgeted amount as of that date. Before transfers out, staff reported Measure G spending at 19% of the budget; department-level spending cited in the presentation included fire at 18% and public works at 16% of their annual budgets. The report noted no investment-earnings activity yet because of accounting timing.

Committee members asked how the city is translating Measure G spending into measurable…