SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer and San Diego City Council President Joe LaCava announced Thursday a last-ditch effort to save the city's beachside fire rings from the budgetary chopping block.

The county has committed to provide $135,000 in stopgap funding from the Community Enhancement Grant Program to maintain the beloved fire pits through the next fiscal year, covering services like ash removal, debris disposal and safety compliance checks.

This work to the rings — located throughout Fiesta Island, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, Mission Bay and La Jolla — was one of the proposed cuts included in Mayor Todd Gloria's budget draft to help the city close a more than $250 million budget deficit.

Some residents of the impacted coastal neighborhoods wer

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