{"id":327706,"date":"2026-05-22T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327706\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:39:12","slug":"county-invites-public-input-on-new-recommended-budget-at-virtual-meeting-open-house-events-next-week-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327706\/","title":{"rendered":"County Invites Public Input on new Recommended Budget at Virtual Meeting, Open House Events Next Week | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tReading Time:   &lt; 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The County of San Diego will hold a virtual meeting and an in-person open house next week to give the public the opportunity to learn more about and weigh in on the County\u2019s $9.15 billion recommended budget.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual meeting is scheduled to be <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.sandiegocounty.gov\/county-budget-2026-28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">held on Zoom<\/a> from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 27.<br \/>\nThe open house will run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in Chambers in building 5520 at the San Diego County Operations Center on Overland Ave, San Diego.<br \/>\nCounty staff will be available at both events to answer questions. Register, request language or accessibility assistance, and submit public comments on the budget through June 12 at <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.sandiegocounty.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Engage San Diego County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The County released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countynewscenter.com\/county-releases-9-1-billion-recommended-budget-focused-on-stability-essential-services-and-community-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">new recommended budget<\/a> on May 18, highlighting investments designed to maintain stability while investing in essential services and responding to growing community needs.<\/p>\n<p>The County Board of Supervisors will also open the budget\u2019s formal public hearing in their meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, June 1 at the County Administration Center at 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego. The Board is expected to adopt a new budget June 25.<\/p>\n<p>What the County Does<\/p>\n<p>The County delivers programs and services that reach nearly all of the county\u2019s 3.3 million residents across the unincorporated areas, the 18 incorporated cities and 18 federally recognized tribes.<\/p>\n<p>In unincorporated communities, County government provides day-to-day services that a city government typically provides like law enforcement, roads, building permits, animal services, parks and libraries. Some cities also contract with the County for these services.<\/p>\n<p>Regionwide, the County also oversees emergency preparedness, criminal prosecution and detention, food and financial assistance programs, behavioral health services, public health programs, restaurant inspections, elections and beach water monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute The County of San Diego will hold a virtual meeting and an in-person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2076,6922,12497,405,136143,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-327706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-budget","tag-community-engagement","tag-district-2","tag-government","tag-recommended-budget","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}