City Budget Passes Over Police Chief's Objections; Serial Murder Case Expands Dramatically
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After more than five hours of public hearings, the San Diego City Council adopted a compromise Fiscal Year 2027 budget on June 9th totaling $9.16 billion. The plan boosts flood-prevention funding and partially restores library and recreation center hours. To help pay for those additions, the council approved a policy of more frequently pairing police officers in patrol cars — a change the city's police chief actively opposed as a fundamental shift in how patrol coverage works across the city.
Late additions to the budget include funding for an engineering team focused on bike lane analysis, a new bridge project in western Mission Valley, and two new police sergeant positions targeting graffiti enforcement and sex offender registration compliance. Mayor Todd Gloria has until the June 15th charter deadline to sign the budget.
At the county level, the Board of Supervisors is working toward its own $9.16 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27, a 6.1% increase over the prior year, with a final adoption vote scheduled for June 23rd. The plan allocates $176 million for behavioral health treatment, $93.1 million for affordable housing, $852 million for programs including CalFresh and Medi-Cal, $84.5 million for firefighting and emergency medical services, and $265.9 million for road safety and maintenance.
In a significant criminal justice development, Dwight William Rhone, 74, was arraigned Monday, June 10th, on three additional murder counts. Rhone was already facing charges for a 2023 killing near the I-5/SR-905 interchange. According to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, the newly alleged killings span several decades, and a special circumstance allegation for multiple murders was added. Rhone pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A separate targeted operation in Spring Valley resulted in three arrests on felony violations, with those individuals booked into San Diego Central Jail; specific charges were not immediately available.