SAN DIEGO – District Attorney and San Diego mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis today issued the following statement opposing any city property tax increase to bail out the financially troubled San Diego Unified School District.
“The financial situation at San Diego Unified has reached a crisis stage, and San Diego taxpayers should not be asked to bail out the district with a parcel tax hike.”
“The voters already spoke on this issue last year when Proposition J was rejected at the ballot box. Their message to the district was clear: get your financial house in order, without raising taxes.”
“San Diego Unified needs to get serious about bringing costs in line with reality and reforming the way it does business. The city has done this with its workforce expenditures, the county has done the same, and now it’s time for San Diego Unified to do the same.”