Department of Homeland Security Increases Funding for San Diego

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Published July 19, 2007 at 10:52 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

San Diego received more federal dollars for homeland security spending. How will city officials allocate the money? We speak with San Diego's homeland security office about the community's preparedne

Alison St John (Guest Host): San Diegans might feel a little safer today knowing the region has not been left out in the cold by the Department of Homeland Security. Yesterday San Diego got the news that it will get $16 million of federal money this year to help prepare for a disaster, natural or man-made. This was a major relief for Mayor Jerry Sanders. He's made four lobbying trips to Washington in the last year, after hearing San Diego was bumped off a list of cities eligible for federal homeland security funding.

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Jill Olen, the deputy chief operating officer for Public Safety and Homeland Security for the City of San Diego .