By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Mayor Todd Gloria closed San Diego’s fiscal year 2027 budget with a straight-faced explanation for its $118 million deficit: “decades of deferred […]
THE BILL THAT KEEPS COMING — TWENTY MONTHS AFTER THE FIRES, LOS ANGELES’S BUDGET STILL HASN’T RECOVERED
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report When the Palisades and Eaton fires tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, the immediate story was human: lives lost, entire neighborhoods […]
THE SETTLEMENT BILL NOBODY IS MANAGING — INSIDE LOS ANGELES COUNTY’S SHERIFF LITIGATION TAB
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Last month, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $12.5 million settlement over the 2021 fatal shooting of David Ordaz […]
$1.3 BILLION, WRITTEN IN THE DARK: INSIDE CALIFORNIA’S LEGISLATIVE EARMARKS
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Somewhere in Sacramento, a gym is getting $29 million. A farmers market is getting $13 million. A fund for retired MMA fighters […]
$1 BILLION, 733 DAYS: INSIDE SOCIAL SECURITY’S IMPROPER-PAYMENT BACKLOG
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Social Security’s inspector general opened its books this week and found a number that should stop any controller cold: roughly $1 billion […]
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS, ZERO ENFORCEMENT: WHAT THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO
A $30 billion tariff carve-out and a new AI dialogue mechanism sound like action. Neither has a number attached that anyone can hold anyone to. By Jose Navarro, MBA | […]
MIAMI’S $450 MILLION BOND WILL COST $795 MILLION, AND NO ONE HAS PRICED THE STAFFING
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 MIAMI. On November 3, City of Miami voters will be asked to approve $450 million in borrowing for a new […]
SAN DIEGO’S BUDGET PASSED 9-0. THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 SAN DIEGO. In June, the City Council adopted a $6.4 billion budget by a unanimous vote, and City Hall called […]
SAN DIEGO’S TRANSIT CLIFF HAS A DATE: A DRAFT PLAN WOULD CUT 33 OF 95 BUS ROUTES
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 SAN DIEGO. On October 1, a monthly transit pass in San Diego goes from $72 to $85. A one-way fare […]
WHO DECLARES WAR? CONGRESS HAS VOTED 14 TIMES ON IRAN AND STILL CANNOT FINISH THE JOB
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. On Thursday the Senate voted 49 to 50 against a resolution directing the president to end U.S. hostilities […]