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Pacifica study session lays out $3M'$6.6M annual shortfall, council asks staff to poll on public-safety parcel tax and infrastructure options
Summary
Staff told the council Pacifica faces an immediate operating deficit of roughly $3.1M (rising to $6.6M) and $371M in deferred capital needs. Council asked staff to begin feasibility work and polling on voter measures, prioritizing a public-safety parcel tax and infrastructure interventions while requesting clear timelines and outreach plans.
Pacifica staff told the City Council on Nov. 10 that the city faces a structural fiscal gap and large deferred capital needs, and asked the council to prioritize which voter measures should move to a feasibility and polling phase.
City Manager Kevin Woodhouse framed the study session as a request for direction on which voter-approved measures staff should analyze and, if pursued, run polling on before a potential Nov. 2026 ballot. "The really specific direction that I'm seeking from the council before the end of the night is about which voter approved revenue measures need to advance to the further feasibility assessment stage," Woodhouse said.
Staff and consultants presented a layered picture: a near-term operating deficit of about $3.1 million in FY 26'27 that could grow to about $6.6 million in subsequent years; an estimate that Pacifica needs roughly $15.4 million more in…
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