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Council approves FY2025 midyear budget monitoring report as departments warn of structural shortfalls

San Diego City Council · March 3, 2025
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San Diego’s Department of Finance told the City Council the city faces growing revenue shortfalls—driven largely by weaker sales tax and a $33.2M SDG&E franchise payment reduction—and outlined mitigation options. The council approved the midyear monitoring report 8–1 after presentations from DOF, police and the IBA.

San Diego — The City Council on March 3 approved the Department of Finance’s FY2025 midyear budget monitoring report after a multi‑hour presentation that laid out falling revenues and rising personnel costs.

Rolando Charvall, the city’s finance director, told the council the midyear projections show a structural challenge: major general fund revenues are projected to fall $26.9 million below the adopted budget and general fund expenditures are expected to exceed budget by roughly $108.9 million, driven largely by a projected $29.4 million shortfall in sales tax and a $33.2 million reduction in SDG&E franchise fee receipts. “These are not easy decisions,” Charvall said, urging a combination…

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