Youth Will

This story originally appeared on The San Diego Union Tribune. Read it here in it's original form. San Diego’s young people and their families could lose services they count on under Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget, which would cut funding for libraries and parks and eliminate an office designed to promote youth success. The budget proposal, released Wednesday, has drawn sharp criticism from advocates across the city, who say the plan is short-sighted and could dismantle the services that...

This op-ed originally appeared on The Voice of San Diego. Read it here in it's original form. Mayor Todd Gloria before presenting Lincoln High School Varsity Football Team with a Key to the City in City Council Chambers in downtown on May 23, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler Last month, I watched Mayor Todd Gloria take the stage at a youth mentoring event, outlining for the crowd how important youth programming is to the city’s future. Now, only a month later, he is threatening to completely...