What should the City Council consider as top priorities during the 2025-27 fiscal years?

Every two years, the City hosts a community-based goal setting process to establish the top priorities to make San Luis Obispo an even better place to live, work, and play. Through its budget process, the City Council then matches the resources necessary to achieve these priorities while also balancing the need to continue to provide the services that the community requires. The adopted budget then enables the City to provide high quality services, programs, and projects with the community’s priorities in mind.
 

Current Major City Goals
The City Council adopted the following Major City Goals for the 2023-25 Financial Plan, in part based on feedback we heard from the community: 

• Economic Resiliency, Cultural Vitality, and Fiscal Sustainability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Housing and Homelessness
• Climate Action, Open Space, and Sustainable Transportation

The City of San Luis Obispo has a strong foundation of sound financial management and fiscal policies as well as diverse revenue sources (including the Local Revenue Measure). These policies and revenue sources have provided the City with several years of expanding financial resources. However, cities across the nation, including San Luis Obispo, are expected to face more financial constraints in the years ahead. This current position is a shift from prior budget cycles which have supported significant augmentations to City services. While the City does not expect to be able to significantly expand ongoing programming in the next few years, your input is essential in helping the City Council make decisions about our City’s future budget and how to best use existing resources to prioritize the services that our community wants to see.

The City Council is seeking your input on what the City's Major City Goals should be for its 2025-27 Financial Plan. 

To learn more about the Financial Plan process, click here.

Next Steps
If you would like to share your thoughts on how the City could implement the Major City Goals, please attend the Community Forum at the Ludwick Community Center (864 Santa Rosa Street) on January 23, 2025 at 6 p.m.

If you are unable to attend the Community Forum, please send your feedback to: [email protected].