{"id":349186,"date":"2026-06-06T06:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349186\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:29:25","slug":"city-councilmembers-unveil-proposal-to-restore-arts-funding-in-san-diegos-fiscal-year-2027-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349186\/","title":{"rendered":"City councilmembers unveil proposal to restore arts funding in San Diego&#8217;s Fiscal Year 2027 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Diego City Councilmembers on Friday unveiled an alternative budget proposal to restore arts and culture funding, pushing back on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mayors-revised-budget-restores-cuts-230331687.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u00a0cuts proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0cuts proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The plan, led by City Council President Pro Tem Kent Lee and Budget Chair Henry Foster III, would restore about $10.35 million for music, theater, festivals and other arts programs. Gloria\u2019s initial proposal called for an $11.8 million reduction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The proposal comes as community members have packed recent council meetings, urging leaders to preserve arts funding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe arts and culture community supports thousands of jobs, attracts visitors to our region and helps define what it means to be a San Diegan,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Artists said they were initially alarmed by the proposed cuts but are now encouraged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt felt heartbreaking,\u201d said Alexia Norris of San Diego Ballet, \u201cbut it\u2019s been really nice to see everyone show up and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The alternative plan relies on three primary funding sources:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">$6 million from the transient occupancy tax, also known as the hotel tax, as recommended by the city\u2019s independent budget analyst<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bring back $1.35 million worth of key grant programs for the arts<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A $3 million commitment from the Prebys Foundation to match city investment in arts, culture and tourism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The City Council is expected to adopt a final budget on June 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego City Councilmembers on Friday unveiled an alternative budget proposal to restore arts and culture funding, pushing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[19979,142882,65698,142884,142883,64740,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-349186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-arts-programs","tag-budget-proposal","tag-chair-henry-foster-iii","tag-initial-proposal","tag-kent-lee","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\/349186","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=349186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}