City Hall Was Wrong on the Trash Tax. They’re Wrong on Measure A Too.

The Union-Tribune editorial page says San Diegans can fight City Hall — and the trash-fee settlement proves it. City Hall pushed a flawed trash-tax scheme, got it wrong, and had to back down. Now the same City Hall is asking voters to trust them with Measure A’s $10,000 home tax bureaucracy. They're just as wrong on Measure A too!

City Hall Was Wrong on the Trash Tax. They’re Wrong on Measure A Too.

The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial page is right: San Diegans can fight City Hall.

The City pushed a flawed trash-fee scheme, faced a lawsuit, and has now agreed to reduce trash fees and end paid parking at Balboa Park as part of the settlement. Reporting on the settlement says trash fees are set to drop from $57 to $38.75 per month beginning in July 2027, and paid parking at Balboa Park is scheduled to end by January 1, 2027.

That matters because Measure A asks voters to trust the same City Hall with a brand-new $10,000 home tax bureaucracy.

They were wrong on the trash tax.

They were wrong to force paid parking at Balboa Park.

And they are wrong on Measure A.

Measure A would give City Hall more power, more paperwork, more enforcement authority, and another stream of General Fund revenue — all without guaranteeing lower rents or new affordable housing.

San Diegans should not have to keep fighting City Hall after bad decisions are made.

They can stop this one now.

Vote No on Measure A.

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