Tag: Budget

  • District’s Plan for English-Learners Still Getting Lost In Translation

    A year after San Diego Unified promised it would compensate for cutting a crucial lifeline for English-learning students, the parents of those students say they’re still no better off. At the end of the 2013-2014 school year, Superintendent Cindy Marten directed every school to cut one full-time position. For 52 schools, that meant cutting the…

  • Get Trained On How to Have Your Voice Heard On San Diego’s Budget

    By Claire Trageser The Community Budget Alliance wants San Diego to adopt a concept called “participatory budgeting.” The idea is to train people to make their voices heard about what should be in the city’s budget. They’re hosting a panel on the concept at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the United Domestic Workers/American Federation of State,…

  • Wightman Street Park to Get Money Under Mayor’s Revised Budget

    Mayor Kevin Faulconer announces revisions to his 2015 budget at Wightman Street Neighborhood Park, May 20, 2014. | Photo Credit: Claire Trageser By Claire Trageser The revised budget proposal San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer released Tuesday has $12 million in additional revenue than he anticipated, and he wants to spend the money on parks and…

  • Doctors Praise Governor’s Move, But Say Medi-Cal Pay Still Too Low

    By Kenny Goldberg California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget eliminates a planned 10 percent Medi-Cal payment cut that was to be retroactive to 2011. But it still preserves a 10 percent cut to Medi-Cal rates going forward. Approximately 8.5 million Californians have Medi-Cal coverage, including more than 350,000 people in San Diego County. And thanks…

  • The People’s Budget: An Interview With Christie Hill

    Christie Hill | Photo via Twitter By Andrew Keatts Each year, San Diego’s adopted budget brings calls from groups of underfunded and overfunded programs, evidence of priorities out of whack at City Hall. One group in town is looking to address the issue by putting some of those decisions directly in residents’ hands. For two…