Daily Business Report: Tuesday, July 29 2025
Taxes, fees and more: How much San Diego’s new city budget will cost you
By Madeline Nguyen | Times of San Diego
Through months of tug of war between San Diego City Council and Mayor Todd Gloria’s office over how to plug the multimillion dollar hole in this fiscal year’s city budget, one thing was never in question: San Diegans would foot the bill. How they would do so was less certain.
Well, now, the debate is over.
As the battle over the city’s controversial, proposed budget cuts raged on over the past few months, the city has been hurrying to implement a flurry of new fees, tax hikes and fine increases to pay for its $6 billion budget.
In Whose Backyard? Where Homes Are Being Built in San Diego
By Will Huntsberry | Voice of San Diego
The construction of new homes is not being distributed equally across San Diego’s cities, a new analysis by Voice of San Diego and KPBS finds.
Our analysis looked at the number of new homes — from apartments and accessory dwelling units to single-family homes — permitted across San Diego County between 2018 and the end of 2024.
From a pure volume standpoint, the city of San Diego, the largest city by far, unsurprisingly permitted the most homes.
Taking a look back at San Diego Comic-Con 2025
By Luis Monteagudo Jr. | Times of San Diego
Comic-Con 2025 came to an end Sunday after four days and nights of crowds, costumes and comics.
Here’s a look back at some of the sights, sounds and observations of the past week.
George Lucas
Comic-Con is known for creating some amazing pop culture moments, but maybe none can top what happened on the final day of the event Sunday when legendary “Star Wars” creator George Lucas made his first panel appearance.
