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.

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,

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria called out other local cities, the county government and Caltrans Wednesday for not doing their share to help solve the region’s homelessness crisis. The mayor also announced a new homeownership program for middle-income residents,