SD Libraries Will Lose Funding in 2026
Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. As a result of previous City Council budget meetings, the San Diego Public Library system is scheduled to lose $8million in funding. As of July 1, 2025, this loss of funding may result in the closing of all 37 Branch Libraries on Sunday and Monday, but will allow programs and services to remain the same Tuesday-Saturday. Homework Help at...
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A quick reference for youth special events and recurring activities through the end of the year:
The library book club meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. The current Book Club Flyer Summer titles are on reserve at the front desk. Just ask the librarian for a copy and check it out. For more information, please call the library at 619-527-3430.
We wish to THANK everyone who has ever become a Member of the San Carlos Friends of the Library. We also express our appreciation and gratitude for those who have sent us donations in honor or memory of others. SCFOL funds are used to purchase new materials, programs, and equipment that enhance the patron experience at the current San Carlos Branch Library and that of the new proposed Branch.
All membership levels of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library,...
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Lesley Ann Frazier (June 3, 1941- June 11, 2023) Lesley and her husband Joe, with their children Sara and Jamie, moved from Phoenix to San Diego in 1980. An avid reader and book club member, Lesley joined SCFOL as a Charter and later as a Life-Member of the San Carlos Friends of the Library; she was our first newsletter editor from 1982-86.
Following her retirement in 1997, as the head of human resources for the City of Lemon Grove, Frazier... 
SAVE the DATE: August 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. Join your Navajo neighbors on the lot at the corner of Golfcrest and Jackson to hear a long-awaited-announcement from those who are in the know. "We Bought the Lot Celebration." Starting at 10:15 a.m., special guests and speakers include Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, Mayor Todd Gloria, and Councilmember Raul Campillo.
Preliminary renderings of the new 25,000 sq. ft. San Carlos branch Library will be on display.
SCFOL volunteers will pass... 
The FSDPL held its annual meeting on Jun 10, 2023. New Officers and Directors were elected to replace those whose terms expired on June 30, 2023. Members of the FSDPL 2023-24 Board of Directors are:
OFFICERS
President
Pat Wilson
1st Vice President
Richard Busch
2nd Vice President
David (Gene) Long
Secretary
Christa Gush
Treasurer
Jean Coddington
DIRECTORS
Director
Alondra Alvarado
Director
Bill Bischoff
Director
Sarah Clayton
Director
Gordon Gidlund
Director
Andrew Rose
Director
Carolyn Satter
Director
Samadi (Sam) Yoeuth
City-wide Volunteers from 34 Affiliate Chapters and 2 Associate Chapters of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library were thanked for their passion for libraries and the many hours they donate sharing their talents and promoting the FSDPL vision and... 