Candidate for
Mayor; City of San Diego

Dear Neighbors:

In the midst of the worst financial crisis in our city's history, you elected me mayor, and I promised to get our city back on track.

Here's some of what's been accomplished:

• Established Five-Year Financial Plan, forcing city council to address long-ignored problems.

• Instituted tough new financial controls.

• Completed long-delayed budget audits.

• Required a public vote for future employee benefit increases.

• Creating a new pension system to limit taxpayer liability.

• Streamlined city operations, saved over $50 million annually; eliminated 670 positions.

• Dedicated over $100 million to deferred maintenance and infrastructure projects + an increase of over 4,000 percent.

• Targeted 26 city functions for managed competition savings.

• Increased equipment funding 60 percent for Fire Rescue Department; raised pay for police officers to more competitive levels.

• Helped secure over $1 billion in federal and state funds for transportation, emergency preparedness, and environmental projects.

• Established a financially sound schedule for paying off debt, after lawsuits failed to roll-back pension benefits.

• Accomplished all this without raising taxes.

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