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Cerritos council reviews preliminary 2025–26 budget, trims events and cuts chamber funding amid $2.9 million shortfall
Summary
The council discussed a projected $2.9 million shortfall in the proposed 2025–26 budget, approved several event scheduling changes, directed studies on rates and revenues, and voted to remove funding for the Cerritos Chamber of Commerce.
The Cerritos City Council spent much of its May 22 meeting on a study-session review of the preliminary 2025–26 budget and took a set of actions intended to reduce costs and reshape city programming while staff works on longer-term revenue measures.
City staff told the council that a recent revision to the city’s sales-tax forecast produced a larger-than-expected shortfall: staff estimated a temporary $2.9 million gap in the general fund and recommended covering the near-term deficit from reserves while pursuing structural solutions. Ferric factors cited by staff included lagging auto-sector sales — a major element of Cerritos’ tax base — and national economic uncertainty.
Council actions and direction on May 22 included: - Deleting two recurring seasonal events from the…
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