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🌱 What’s inside Downey’s proposed $335 million city budget for 2026-27?

Downey, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Downey! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What’s inside Downey’s proposed $335 million city budget for 2026-27?
  • How one senior dog escaped euthanasia at Downey’s crowded animal shelter.

Also on today's calendar: Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular 2026: Montebello and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 81, low: 65.
  • Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Council to weigh $335 million spending plan Tuesday — The Downey Patriot (thedowneypatriot.com) — Downey’s City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a $335 million 2026-27 budget that keeps services funded, adds park security cameras, and pours nearly $100 million into streets, water, sewer, and public facilities. The plan stays narrowly in surplus, but officials warn of rising pension, health care, and infrastructure costs while outlining long-term goals like Discover Downey branding, Space Center expansion, and leveraging the 2028 Olympics.
   

• Family-surrendered senior dog had 24 hours left before a dramatic last-day rescue saved him (thecooldown.com) — A senior dachshund mix named Moose was rescued from California’s Downey Animal Shelter just a day before he was scheduled for euthanasia, after weeks with no public interest. Now thriving in foster care and recently adopted, his story highlights how overcrowding and age make it harder for older dogs at Downey’s shelter to find homes in time.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday June 23
  • SFS Leads Group Meeting
    Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce **HOLIDAY INN LA MIRADA/BUENA PARK @12SIXTY**
    9:00 am
  • Benjamin Franklin Library Pop-up at Boyle Heights City Hall
    Benjamin Franklin Branch Library
    12:00 pm
  • Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
    Harbor Gateway Library Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
    12:00 pm
  • LEGO® Playtime
    Playa Vista Branch Library
    12:00 pm
  • Summer of Soccer →
    Pico Rivera Library, 9001 Mines Ave, Pico Rivera
    2:00 pm
  • Teen Craft Corner: Rainbow Duct Tape Lanyards
    Malabar Branch Library
    4:00 pm
  • Teen Summer Reading Book Club
    Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Helped a gentleman secure this senior pup that almost ran into traffic this morning.
    He seems blind, and bit the gentleman when securing him. If he's yours or know his family, please DM me. This was in Bell Gardens along Eastern by… (Nextdoor Salford)
  • Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
    FOUND on June 21, 2026 in Bell Gardens, CA 90201 near Foster bridge and PerryIs Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor Smallwood)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market posted a job opening for Dairy Clerk in Downey. Apply here.
  • TJX posted a job opening for Store Cleaning Associate in Downey. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Downey here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Paramount Skydance : Forms Industrial Relations Division Under Co-Leadership of Nicole Lang & Sheldon Kasdan (marketscreener.com)
  • Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Could Cost LA County Nearly 2,500 Jobs, Report Finds (patch.com)
  • Henry Winkler Reveals the One Moment From His First TV Job That Changed Everything (thenewstribune.com)

Norwalk

  • Aces surge past Valkyries 92-73 as Jackie Young shines in a 21-2 run (thehour.com)

Lynwood

  • Plaza México to Host Massive ‘Golazo Bandorazo' Watch Party for Mexico vs. Czechia World Cup Match (lamezcla.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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