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Monterey City Council pushes a potential parking tax to November election.
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Monterey City Council pushes a potential parking tax to November election.

  • Aric Sleeper
  • Mar 5, 2026

To remedy the city’s roughly $12 million structural budget deficit, the Monterey City Council has recently considered numerous strategies, inc…

Monterey City Council advances two tax measures to curb budget woes.
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Monterey City Council advances two tax measures to curb budget woes.

  • Aric Sleeper
  • Feb 5, 2026

With expenses outpacing revenue, the Monterey City Council is exploring numerous strategies to address the city’s structural deficit, includin…

The Monterey City Council moves forward with ballot measures to increase revenue in light of the city’s structural budget deficit.
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The Monterey City Council moves forward with ballot measures to increase revenue in light of the city’s structural budget deficit.

  • Aric Sleeper
  • Jan 30, 2026

With a substantial budget shortfall in the current and subsequent fiscal years, the City of Monterey and the Monterey City Council are moving …

Monterey City Council remains unable to find consensus on closing a $10 million budget deficit.
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Monterey City Council remains unable to find consensus on closing a $10 million budget deficit.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 30, 2025

When Monterey City Council met Oct. 21, it was tasked with making some hard decisions about how to close a $6 million budget deficit for the 2…

The rubber meets the road for Monterey’s budget deficit.
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The rubber meets the road for Monterey’s budget deficit.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 16, 2025

In places powered by a tourism-based economy, there are some obvious pros and cons. The City of Monterey developed an elegant solution to this…

Local legislators weigh in on state budget as the clock ticks toward deadline.
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Local legislators weigh in on state budget as the clock ticks toward deadline.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jun 11, 2025

How to balance the state budget in a deficit year? Depends on who you ask. 

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  • May 29, 2025

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As costs climb above revenue, County Supes begin identifying the most critical needs.
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As costs climb above revenue, County Supes begin identifying the most critical needs.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 17, 2025

The needs are great and the funds are finite – a reality that set the stage for over six hours of discussion at a March 25 County Board of Sup…

Three months into the fiscal year, County of Monterey implements a hiring freeze.
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Three months into the fiscal year, County of Monterey implements a hiring freeze.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Oct 24, 2024

On June 20, the County Board of Supervisors approved a $2 billion budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Just three months later, looking ahead t…

California’s budget deficit spells the death of lots of legislative ideas, including single-payer health care.
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California’s budget deficit spells the death of lots of legislative ideas, including single-payer health care.

  • Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal
  • May 23, 2024

California’s budget crunch is forcing the Legislature to scale back its agenda this session. Facing estimated deficits of tens of billions of …

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