County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer on Thursday announced she was offering to use county funds to foot the bill for the City of San Diego’s fire pits. Mayor Todd Gloria proposed cutting beach fire pits as part of a suite of budget cuts aimed at closing San Diego’s massive budget deficit.

The cut would save the city $135,000 a year, a paltry sum in the city’s $258 million budget deficit. The cut would account for .05 percent of what’s needed to balance the books. Lawson-Remer’s offer to spend $135,000 of her district’s Community Enhancement Grant Program would save the pits – at least for one year.

It’s yet to be seen if city leaders will take the funds, but in a statement, Council President Joe LaCava thanked Lawson-Remer.

“Generations of San Diegans, including my family, have gathered

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