Opinion: Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas reflects on her time in office [Opinion]
. Over the past eight years, we were able to restore our city’s financial health and built healthy reserves.
We issued bonds to pay off the city’s unfunded pension liability and reduced our interest rates from 7 percent to 3 percent, saving the city about $14 million every year.community. Gaylord Pacific Resort and Convention Center will be the centerpiece and catalyst for future projects on our Chula Vista Bayfront.
The last three years and the pandemic have been among the most challenging circumstances we have ever faced, yet we persevered. March 13, 2020, we declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency in the city of Chula Vista. City staff operated a call center to help residents find COVID-19 testing sites, vaccines, food and other resources, delivered food packages to homebound residents, house calls to deliver the shots and handed out masks to keep our residents safe.
Although they were paused during the height of the pandemic, over the past eight years, we also brought back cultural and civic celebrations. These efforts have revived our civic pride. Reaffirmed the strength in our community, in ourselves, and in the uniqueness that makes us Chula Vista. There is truly strength in our diversity.Welcoming City
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