San Jose police are going to have to wait until next year to potentially get back in the saddle.

The City Council on Tuesday voted 6-4-1 to again hold off on reinstating the San Jose Police Department’s Horse Mounted Unit, which operated for more than 100 years until its 2018 disbanding due to financial and staffing constraints. Officials previously shelved the plan in August until it was revived this month by the reconciliation of a dramatic labor dispute between the police union and City Hall.

Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Rosemary Kamei, Anthony Tordillos, Domingo Candelas, Pamela Campos and David Cohen voted in favor of deferring the request to next year’s budget approval, citing a projected $25 million deficit. Mayor Matt Mahan and Councilmembers George Casey, Michael Mulcahy and Bien

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