Mayor Todd Gloria announced $5.3 million in budget cuts and an immediate elimination of 31 city hall executive positions during a Tuesday conference to address San Diego’s $252.2 million deficit.

Mayor Todd Gloria will announce a series of budget cuts Tuesday "designed to generate cost savings and minimize service-level reductions," according to his office.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has announced plans to consolidate several city departments and eliminate vacant positions in order to save $5.3 million annually and close a $258 million budget deficit within the next four months.

Gloria’s announcement comes as the city faces a significant budget deficit “following the narrow failure of Measure E — and after months of careful review and consideration of potential reductions and consolidations,

The city will possibly increase revenue as much as $100 million from parking changes and single-family home trash pickup, but still faces a large deficit for the 2025/2026 budget year

Todd Gloria said he paid his own way to Manila and back, but his office acknowledged that two members of the mayor’s security detail joined the delegation.

Gloria's announcement comes as the city faces a significant budget deficit "following the narrow failure of Measure E — and after months of careful review and consideration of potential reductions and consolidations,