The Port of San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners approved a new budget on June 15 in hopes the increase in money in the
new fiscal year would result in more opportunities to develop projects and attract more visitors to the city’s waterfront.The total budget for fiscal year 2016-17 is $176.4 million, which, according to port staff, is a 17.7 percent increase of the previous budget of almost $150 million.
Robert DeAngelis, the port district’s chief financial officer and treasurer, identified the Chula Vista Bayfront, Harbor Island redevelopment, aquaculture, advertising on tidelands and new waterfront attractions and events as top priorities during the 2016-17 fiscal year.
He added the port district would implement a Climate Action Plan “to reduce our agency’s environmental impact.”
