Posted on 11/20/2008 2:01:08 AM PST by CE2949BB
Newsom expects layoffs due to city's $90 million deficit
Mayor Gavin Newsom said city layoffs could start in the next few weeks as his office grapples with a budget deficit that could exceed $90 million.
"I can't defer bad choices," Newsom said.
The mayor asked city departments to cut $75 million, but Newsom said new projections from the controller's office will lead to bigger cuts. It's too soon to say how many people will lose their jobs, the mayor said.
The Public Health Department faces the biggest cuts because it's the largest department. Health officials revealed $10 million worth of proposed cuts this week, but they still need to come up with $17 million more.
- Erin Allday
He still hates us: Bill O'Reilly - the conservative Fox TV personality who really, really hates our city - has sent an underling to San Francisco to supposedly show where the politics of President-elect Barack Obama will take the country.
Watch out, Arnold, here comes Tom: Supervisor Tom Ammiano is headed to the state Assembly, and the stand-up comic is determined to be a big, amusing thorn in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's side.
Choices, choices: Government work is full of tough decisions and brutal politics. Do we cut HIV-prevention services to balance the budget? Is the Community Justice Center worth funding? How much should be charged at parking meters?
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
The minutes-long documentary goes on to show homeless people lounging in the parks, pot smokers, a transgendered prostitute, strippers -- and, well, that's about it. Jesse Watters, the producer, told O'Reilly he felt like he was in one big Grateful Dead concert filled with "vagabonds, street kids, runaways, your sixties hippie retreads."
But in this thread's article:
The Public Health Department faces the biggest cuts because it's the largest department. Health officials revealed $10 million worth of proposed cuts this week, but they still need to come up with $17 million more.
Come again.. Heather? What part did Bill O'Reilly get wrong about San Francisco?
But they have enough money to send 70 morons 24/7 to check for fireplace fires????????
Revenue generation + environmentalism.
My guess, anyway.
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