San Diego county suspends capital projects, delays budget

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's annual budget process will be delayed a couple months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the county's chief administrative officer said today.

The county will now present its 2020-21 budget in July, with a planned adoption in August, Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer said.

She added that the county is suspending all capital projects, and will work with the state on disaster recovery funding.

“These are interesting and challenging times across the globe,'' Robbins-Meyer told the county Board of Supervisors. “You already know the criticality...