"It also cited talk of bankruptcy by City Attorney Mike Aguirre and mayoral candidates..."
When they start to use the word "bankruptcy" you know it is inevitable. Maybe the State of California will eventually get the message that runaway spending is not a good policy unless you are willing to pay the confiscatory taxes that are needed to support it.
As Phil Hendrie once said, San Diego is about as close to Honolulu as a decapitated fly is to Albert Einstein.