For all our complaining of taxes, San Diego is a low-tax and more business-friendly city than California’s other big cities. Might be a result of our more conservative politics, although our current city council’s pro-union tilt challenges that assumption.
We do have remarkably fewer police and fire personnel relative to our population than the other cities, and still have a far lower crime rate. This suggests our people are really efficient, or there is a lot of waste going on in the other cities.
