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London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, is asking municipal departments to reduce costs by 5% in the next fiscal year and by 8% in the year after that

Hilarious

More than 19,000 of their so called employees receive $150,000 or more in their W4 each year.

"More than 19,000 of their so called employees receive $150,000 or more in their W4 each year."

Using your numbers just give the 19K City Employees making 150K a 13% "Emergency Payroll Deduction". At a minimum they'd save $370.5 Million a year and a bit more for those clearing $200K each.

Open payrolls lists these stats:

City and County of San Francisco, California Employee Salaries

The average employee salary for City and County of San Francisco, California in 2021 was $99,674. This is 48.6 percent higher than the national average for government employees and 48.4 percent higher than other counties. There are 97,471 employee records for City and County of San Francisco, California.

My math says that's a $9.7 Billion annual pay roll so a 10% cut across the the board would free up $971 Million annually. Since they seem to be very well paid they'd probably survive.

Worse case they could get a second job offering street-side maid services for the homeless.

From the article its hard to tell if "$728 million budget deficit, predicted for the next two fiscal years." is $364M/year or $728M/year either way with the 10% Across the board pay cut , to be more equitable of course - problem solved.

Think I'll just send the mayor my consulting bill. See what happens. ;-)