San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gave an impassioned State of the City address on Jan. 11, culminating in the declaration that “The state of our city is rising.”
He cited the city’s many accomplishments over the past year such as lowering overall crime in the city by 7.5 percent, property crime by 9.7 percent, and violent crime by 13 percent, reforms on homelessness outreach programs, and what the mayor calls the “Ready to Rebuild” budget, the largest investment in infrastructure in our city’s history, and a newly announced executive order requiring relevant city departments to “complete review and approval of all affordable housing projects within 30 days.”
