Letter from the City Manager
Dear San Ramon Residents,
We need your input as the City of San Ramon makes
important decisions for the future.
As a City, our goal is to provide essential public services
that the San Ramon community needs and values.
We have a proud history of financial prudence. Over
the past 10 years, without creating an extra burden on
our community, we have:
- Funded the Iron Horse Trail Overcrossing at
Bollinger Canyon Road
- Constructed the City’s Joint Public Safety Facility
- Built San Ramon’s new City Hall
- Fully funded City pension obligations
- Provided city services with increasing efficiency to
help maintain San Ramon’s high quality of life
The City’s responsible budgetary practices have helped
us provide high-quality services and earned awards for
fiscal prudence. However, with rising operating costs and
other financial pressures, maintaining a balanced budget
has become a growing burden.
Mindful of our goals to maintain both excellent service
and financial stability, we are prioritizing maintaining
existing service levels, minimizing impact to General Fund
reserves, and preserving infrastructure maintenance funds.
Even so, revenue growth has not matched the growing
cost of providing City services, and many Capital
Improvement Projects (CIPs) continue to remain
unfunded.
To guide City decision-making, we have identified a
set of essential quality-of-life indicators. The City is
working hard to address these priority needs. We are
exploring options to address City needs responsibly
and with community support.
One option under consideration is asking voters to
support a modest increase to the city’s local sales tax
on the November 2024 ballot. I want to stress that
no decisions have been made yet and we are only
exploring options.
What do YOU think? Please complete our survey at the link below, or email your thoughts to:
communications@sanramon.ca.gov
Please respond by April 30, 2024. Your opinions matter—
thank you in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
Steven Spedowfski
San Ramon City Manager
Click here to view the survey brochure that was mailed to San Ramon households in February 2024.
Residents can also pick up postcards at City facilities, and scan the QR code to respond to the survey.