San Diego, CA
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San DiegoCA averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $985,158 -0.4% yr/yr · +21.3% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
👮 Police incidents (open data)
42,211 incidents · Thu Nov 20, 2025–Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 97% mapped
property19,367
other14,673
violent8,171
The most recent records from the city police department’s own open-data portal — a recent slice, not full history. Full per-incident records with coordinates (mappable, joinable to individual addresses) are in the public dataset. Source: webmaps.sandiego.gov.
Municipal budget
Total revenue$5.23B (FY2023)
Total spending$6.07B (FY2023)
Taxes$1.80B (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$5.80B (FY2023)
Spending per resident$4,391 (FY2023)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20256,828 housing units ($1.20B)
🗳️ Election results (12 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
Mayor 2024-11-05
Todd Gloria ✓ 317,015 · Larry Turner 255,782
City Council District 3 2024-11-05
Stephen Whitburn ✓ 38,344 · Sean Elo-Rivera ✓ 28,106 · Coleen Cusack 28,303 · Terry Hoskins 18,189
Mayor 2024-03-05
Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright 42,196 · Jane L. Glasson 18,990 · Dan Smiechowski 9,973
City Council District 9 2024-03-05
Sean Elo-Rivera ✓ 10,042 · Terry Hoskins 5,816 · Fernando Garcia 3,491
City Council District 1 2024-03-05
Marni Von Wilpert ✓ 28,231 · Joe Lacava ✓ 24,283 · Raul Campillo ✓ 23,196 · Stephen Whitburn ✓ 17,033 · Henry Foster, III ✓ 8,840 · Coleen Cusack 6,811
City Council District 2 2022-11-08
Jennifer Campbell ✓ 28,379 · Kent Lee ✓ 22,040 · Monica Montgomery Steppe ✓ 17,878 · Vivian Moreno ✓ 13,194 · Linda Lukacs 21,854 · Tommy Hough 14,380
City Council District 2 2022-06-07
Lori Saldaña 6,603 · Jane L. Glasson 5,657 · Joel Day 5,130 · Mandy Havlik 3,027 · Daniel Smiechowski 1,532 · Tylisa D. Suseberry 1,228
Mayor 2020-11-03
Todd Gloria ✓ 346,662 · Barbara Bry 272,887
City Council District 1 2020-11-03
Stephen Whitburn ✓ 49,119 · Marni Von Wilpert ✓ 43,630 · Joe Lacava ✓ 42,613 · Raul Campillo ✓ 40,310 · Sean Elo-Rivera ✓ 26,835 · Joe Leventhal 38,308
Mayor 2020-03-03
Scott Sherman 80,352 · Tasha Williamson 25,629 · Gita Appelbaum Singh 12,716 · Rich Riel 8,099
City Council District 7 2020-03-03
Wendy Wheatcroft 8,526 · Monty Mcintyre 5,558 · Johnny Lee Dang 3,473 · Andrew Gade 2,222 · Ross Naismith 1,997 · Sam Bedwell 1,986
City Council District 1 2020-03-03
Chris Olsen 9,705 · Isaac Wang 8,764 · Michelle Nguyen 8,340 · Aaron Brennan 6,399 · Sam Nejabat 5,884 · Adrian Kwiatkowski 3,996
Recent meetings
Thu Sep 24, 2026
Community and Neighborhood Services Committee Meeting - September 23rd, 2026
Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 138 on record.
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $5.9B | NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY Department of Defense · DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (DD&C) FOR T-AO 205 |
| $3.4B | NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY Department of Defense · T-AO 214 - 221 DD&C BLOCK BUY |
| $3.2B | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Department of Defense · TAS::17 1319::TAS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION |
| $1.9B | NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY Department of Defense · EXPEDITIONARY SEA BASE (ESB) HULL 6 LLTM UCA |
| $1.8B | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Department of Defense · MQ-4C TRITON LRIP LOT 5 LONG LEAD ITEMS TO SUPPORT U.S. NAVY AND COOPE |
| $1.7B | GENERAL ATOMICS Department of Defense · CVN 79 EMALS LONG LEAD TIME MATERIAL |
| $1.6B | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Department of Defense · BATTLEFIELD AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS NODE RAPID FIELDING |
| $1.0B | TECHFLOW, INC. Department of Homeland Security · THIS CONTRACT SUPPORTS THE INTEGRATION LOGISTICS SUPPORT (ILS) BRANCH |
| $928.2M | GENERAL ATOMICS Department of Defense · 200310!000495!1700!A8050 !NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER, AIRCRA!N6833503C02 |
| $762.9M | GENERAL ATOMICS Department of Defense · CVN 81 EMALS PRE-PRODUCTION PLANNING |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (San Diego County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Unemployment rate3.9% (labor force 1,644,733 · 2026)
Net migration-18,212 people (-$223.6M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)11 ({"Fire": 28, "Flood": 12, "Severe Storm": 5, "Freezing": 2, · last Mon Feb 19, 2024)
Traffic fatalities109 (51 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments93,407 (1,391,721 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,881/mo (20,580 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy23.0% (low numeracy 30% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
$5.23B
Annual budget
$5.80B
Debt outstanding
14,570
Employees on payroll
6,828
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$5.23B
Spending$6.07B
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.
Debt load HIGH
Outstanding debt$5.80B
Debt-to-revenue1.11×
Debt-load index79 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
14,570 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Accountability — traffic stops
disparitysource: Stanford Open PolicingOf the stops recorded, Black drivers were searched 2.4× more often than white drivers. (2017)
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.