The mayor’s budget priorities include more police and interim shelter.
With America’s 10th largest city set to vote next month on a multi-billion dollar budget, homelessness, crime, and soaring housing costs remain at the forefront for many of San Jose’s 1 million residents.
What’s behind the billions being spent? Here are three ways to visualize San Jose’s FY2023-2024 budget., the city would increase its over half-billion dollar police budget by adding 31 employees, with 20 of those hires set to be sworn police officers — doubling the pace at which the department is currently recruiting.
With a boost of funding for overtime to help its existing employees as the department builds up its ranks, more than $7 million would be devoted to bolster staffing in San Jose. The additional officers are expected to come aboard starting midway through 2024. The department is currently budgeted for 1,173 sworn positions, with 1,069 of those filled, according to a department spokesperson.
The police are nowhere near that target — and its response times have been decreasing at a steady rate over the last four years. In a statement, the San Jose Police Department described Mahan’s proposal as “refreshing and necessary.”
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