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Richard Bailey\u2019s Budget Fix: Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical City Employees<\/a><\/p>\n

By Michael Zucchet |Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

City Council candidate Richard Bailey continues to promise budget fantasyland to San Diegans.\u00a0He says the answer to San Diego\u2019s persistent budget shortfalls includes no new fees, no increased taxes, and no service cuts whatsoever \u2013 in fact he claims that somehow service levels will magically improve \u2013 if we simply \u201creturn to 2015 staffing levels\u201d in the city of San Diego.<\/p>\n

Bailey moved to San Diego last year, changed his political party affiliation this February, and within days announced that he was running for City Council.\u00a0Since then, and again last week in an interview with NBC\u2019s \u201cPolitically Speaking,\u201d\u00a0he has repeatedly claimed<\/a>\u00a0that if we just \u201creturn to 2015 staffing levels,\u201d the city\u2019s general fund budget will swing from what he says is a\u00a0$100 million annual deficit<\/a>\u00a0to more than a $300 million surplus with \u201cno need to cut any services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds too good to be true?\u00a0Well of course it is. And yet it is the cornerstone talking point of his entire campaign platform.<\/p>\n

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San Diego sued for misinterpreting state housing law that allows for projects near transit<\/a><\/p>\n

By Dorian Hargrove | Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

Two California housing advocacy groups are suing the city of San Diego, alleging city planners illegally excluded properties from a state program meant to spur development near transit stations.<\/p>\n

In a legal filing obtained by Times of San Diego, Californians for Homeownership and the California Housing Defense Fund say San Diego ran afoul of the state housing law by requiring that projects are connected to bus or rail stations by dedicated sidewalks to qualify.<\/p>\n

Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October 2025, Senate Bill 79 allows developers to build more housing than allowed by local zoning restrictions for projects that are near major transit stops.<\/p>\n

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Fairgrounds Board Kills Affordable Housing Deal with Del Mar<\/a><\/p>\n

by Tygist Lane | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

A deal between the city of Del Mar and the board that runs the Del Mar Fairgrounds to potentially build affordable housing on Fairgrounds property is officially off.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the 22nd District Agricultural Association (DAA), which is the governor-appointed board that runs the Del Mar Fairgrounds, voted 5-3 to terminate an exclusive negotiating agreement it first signed with the city of Del Mar in 2024.<\/p>\n

The move to kill the deal now puts pressure on city of Del Mar officials to potentially move forward with a housing project they have repeatedly rejected.<\/p>\n

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