Councilwoman Hopes to Reverse Homeless Shelter Budget Cuts

By Erik Anderson / Environment Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 14, 2007 at 12:29 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

A San Diego city council member wants the city's mayor to change his mind about city funding for a winter homeless shelter. On Wednesday, Jerry Sanders used his line item veto to trim $465,000 out o

A San Diego city council member wants the city's mayor to change his mind about city funding for a winter homeless shelter. On Wednesday, Jerry Sanders used his line item veto to trim $465,000 out of his budget. That money was to be used for the shelter program.

Council member Donna Frye wants him to reconsider, and restore the funding.

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Frye :Use that money as our commitment to other members of the community, and specifically in the philanthropic community, to use that as a matching fund.

Frye says she'll ask the council to override the mayor's decision, if he doesn't voluntarily restore the money. She only needs five of the council's eight votes to do that.