Measure E fails in San Diego, budget challenges ahead [Video]

SAN DIEGO — While San Diego leaders were banking on a sales tax increase to help raise much-needed revenue for the city, voters were not sold.

While about 56,000 votes still remain to be counted, it appears that Measure E is on track to fail. 

It’s a failure that city leaders say will lead to some extremely difficult choices in upcoming budgets.

“We are going to have nothing but hard, bad decisions in front of us,” said San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera.

If passed, Measure E would have increased the city of San Diego’s sales tax by one percent, generating an additional $400 million in revenue annually. 

Supporters say that money would have gone toward boosting city services, helping to pay for infrastructure projects like …