At this point, one must seriously question the strategy of the city of San Diego. First, our elected leaders attempted to raise the sales tax by 1 percentage point. They failed. Recently, they decided to place parking meters in Balboa Park and other locations. People are protesting and the city may have to back off.
I realize that the city needs revenue. It is hurting even with significant increases in home prices which result in more income from property taxes. A better strategy, in my opinion, would have been to request a 0.5 percentage point increase in sales tax and to set park parking daily fees at $4 for residents and $8 for nonresidents instead of $8 and $16, respectively.
Officials also needed to do a better job of communicating deficits to explain the need for increased revenue. Instead, they went for home runs and may end up with nothing.
— Ronald Harris, Scripps Ranch