It’s unclear what would happen to the city’s Youth Commission and the child and youth plan — both overseen by an office that faces elimination.
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 support and serve families and communities.
“The things that we are eliminating — library hours, parks and rec hours, services for young people and arts and culture — we’re eliminating them at such a severe level that we will not be getting those back,” said Patrick Stewart, the CEO of the Library Foundation SD. “And that’s a real concern.”
