San Diego hasn’t considered making budget cuts in the middle of an ongoing fiscal year in more than a decade, but officials had warned that was likely without the $400 million per year the sales

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria had hoped city voters would approve Measure E, a sales tax increase that would have turned the city's deficit into a surplus. But it failed by just 3,500 votes.

Mayor Todd Gloria is making immediate cuts to city spending in anticipation of a $258 million budget deficit next year, after voters rejected Measure E, a one-cent sales tax increase. Why it matters: Already staring at a structural budget deficit,

Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday that the city will freezing most hiring and review capital spending to address a $258 million budget deficit.