SD Libraries Will Lose Funding in FY 2025-2026 San Diego Budget
Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. It will not be finalized until signed by San Diego's Mayor Todd Gloria on June 15, 2025
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...
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We have exciting news to share. On behalf of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, we are proud to name Patrick Stewart as the Library Foundation’s new CEO.
Patrick Stewart
Patrick is passionate about creating literate communities,
as demonstrated by his nine years of success as Executive Director of Words
Alive, the San Diego literacy foundation. He has had a long career in
non-profit management here in San Diego, as well as in Washington, DC.
Patrick’s leadership ability, strategic planning expertise, capacity-building
skills, and... 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The 2018 General Membership meeting of SCFOL was held on Wednesday, November 14 from 4:00-5:30 p.m., in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. This year's super fun keynote speaker was Disney Artist and Illustrator, Terry Naughton, whose award winning illustrations will be on display in our Art Gallery throughout November. Naughton is a PHHS grad and a San Carlos neighbor. Read more about Terry at Naughton/Art. Also on the meeting's agenda was the introduction... 
Helping us “Build for the Future,” will be the San Diego Public Library System’s new Director, Misty Jones, who, following the July 1 retirement of Deborah Barrows, has served as its Interim Director. Misty has extensive leadership experience in all aspects of library management, and played an essential role in the decision making process for the design and function of our new San Diego Central Library. She has twelve years of library management experience, holds a master’s degree in... 