These are wild times for city budgets. Thus, a wild, livestreamed, simulcasted, super-sized interview seemed an appropriate response for the podcast. That's what we put together on the show this week, featuring San Diego City Council President Georgette Gómez.

Before we dive in with Gómez, we laid the groundwork on typical city budgeting, plus some of the trickier nuances around police funding.

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