While his speech at City Hall was often upbeat, Gloria was aggressive when he declared that it’s not acceptable for city of San Diego taxpayers to pay the lion’s share of regional

Mayor Todd Gloria welcomed the era of austerity in his State of the City speech Wednesday, promising to tame a $258 million budget deficit this year. Driving the news: Shirking the pomp and circumstance of a Balboa Theatre evening address,

A one-cent sales tax measure which could have shored up that deficit narrowly failed in November. As a result, Gloria and the city will have to determine how to maintain service levels and what must be cut.