US EditionVictoria mayor announces $10 million on diverted spending for community safety
- Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto announced a $10.35 million plan on July 2, 2025, to improve safety and housing downtown.
- The plan follows last month’s release of the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan addressing social disorder caused by homelessness and addiction.
- Funding includes $1.9 million for bylaw enforcement, $1.35 million to hire nine police officers, over $3 million for temporary housing, and $4.86 million repairing Pandora and Princess avenues.
- Alto stated council made "hard choices" and will not raise taxes, instead diverting money from existing programs to ensure the plan has a visible impact this year.
- The plan aims to improve cleanliness, increase enforcement, and provide housing, with council expected to ratify it July 3, signaling a sustained multi-year effort.
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City of Victoria pledges over $10M for public safety following violent long weekend
The City of Victoria says it will address ‘public disorder’ in the city's downtown core through a multi-step reallocation of $10.35 million of city funds, with the largest budget item to be spent on police and bylaw enforcement.
Victoria mayor announces $10M in spending for community safety
Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto said residents will see a difference in community safety within six months after announcing $10.35 million in funding for additional police and bylaw officers, temporary housing and the “huge task” of cleaning up parts of the city.
Victoria to spend over $10M on the first actions of new community safety plan
Following the passing of Victoria’s new Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan (CSWB) plan, the City has announced how they are going to approach the first actions this plan entails, and how much those actions will be costing taxpayers.
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