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| May.10 |
Oakland |
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Oakland schools pick superintendent amid budget mess After a national search, the Oakland school board picked Kyla Johnson-Trammel, a city native and longtime employee
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| Apr.19 |
San Bruno |
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Man’s body found in San Bruno motel parking lot |
| Jan.30 |
Chevron |
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Chevron guts spending as profit takes a dive
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| Jun.17 |
San Jose City Hall |
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San Jose eyes sales-tax measure |
| Mar.7 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Mayor Quan touts Oakland's progress in state of city address Mayor Jean Quan, who is seeking re-election, delivers her state of the city message touting progress on crime, unemployment and a balanced b...
| Feb.16 |
SF City Hall |
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Municipal Transportation Agency rolls out budget |
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| Jun.14 |
BART |
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BART board approves new $1.5 billion budget Union workers at the meeting urged the BART board to recognize their contributions and the dangers they face on the job
| May.8 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland police chief steps down Howard Jordan abruptly stepped down, citing an unspecified medical reason. He led the force for 19 months, a time of Occupy protests, budget cuts
| Apr.28 |
Bay |
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Budget cuts impact Coast Guard patrols on the Bay The Bay will see fewer Coast Guard patrols as sequester cuts start to be felt by Homeland Security
| Apr.9 |
San Francisco |
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Blue Angels grounded - no Bay Area show The Blue Angels will not be flying over San Francisco this October, including Fleet Week., due to federal budget cuts
| Apr.5 |
Apple |
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New Apple campus cost could grow to $5B |
| Jan.14 |
San Francisco |
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Report looks at SF Muni overtime expenses
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| Jul.25 |
SF City Hall |
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SF mayor signs 2-year, $14.9 billion budget |
| Mar.1 |
SF City Hall |
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Protesters hold college 'day of action' |
| Jan.25 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City Council discusses new budget plan |
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| Sep.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland considers closing 8 schools |
| Jun.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Police lay off 67 cops due to budget cuts The departing officers attended a farewell lunch while more than 30 of their colleagues lined up outside police headquarters to say goodbye
| Jun.3 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Cops reach deal, but 100 layoffs loom |
| Apr.22 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City warns 600 jobs might be axed |
| Mar.3 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters chain themselves on UC ledge Map of Wheeler Hall Berkeley 8 students at the top of Wheeler Hall climbed out onto the ledge, to make their demands known about budget cuts to public education
| Feb.7 |
Walnut Creek |
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City considers ban on bounce houses |
| Feb.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
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OPD Chief Batts to stay in Oakland Anthony Batts announced that he intends to stay, despite some frustration about the budget problems that are making his job more difficult
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| Dec.14 |
Walnut Creek Concord Pleasant Hill |
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Mt. Diablo Unified in financial crisis The district is facing declining enrollment and might have to cut as much as $13 million from its $300 million budget | |
| Dec.10 |
Chevron |
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Chevron to boost capital spending 20% Chevron Corp. will boost capital spending to $26 billion next year, devoting more of its budget to finding and pumping oil and natural gas | |
| Oct.31 |
Oakland |
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AC Transit cuts bus service by about 7% The cut service for the second time this year to balance its budget will reduce frequency on 28 routes and remove two destinations
| Aug.6 |
Santa Clara |
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Schwarzenegger Talks Budget Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed some of the Bay Area's top business leaders, calling for legislators to come together and make compromises
| Jun.2 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor's Proposes Job, Program Cuts Gavin Newsom has unveiled his $6.4 billion budget proposal, including cuts to substance-abuse and mental health programs
| Jun.1 |
SF City Hall |
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Newsom Proposes Budget, Close Deficit |
| May.19 |
Fremont |
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Workers Asked To Take 6 Furlough Days City employees are being asked to take six days a year off without pay as officials try to reduce the city's budget deficit
| May.12 |
San Mateo |
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SamTrans Considering More Service Cuts |
| Apr.3 |
SF City Hall |
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SF To Face Soaring Deficits The annual report prepared by budget analysts for projects the city will face budget deficits of more than $700 million for each of the next...
| Mar.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Tax Measures To Reduce Deficit
| Feb.26 |
UC Berkeley |
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Student Protest Turns Into Riot A demonstration over university budget cuts turned violent when protesters broke into a campus building, torched trash cans
Dozens of students stormed the office, angry over several recent racially charged campus incidents
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| Feb.11 |
Martinez |
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School Officials Considering Budget Cuts
| Jan.29 |
San Francisco |
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Muni Riders Slam Fare Hikes, Cuts |
| Jan.26 |
Santa Rosa |
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Sonoma County Considering Budget Cuts |
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| Oct.6 |
Martinez |
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Contra Costa County Slashes Budget Officials are warning that more budget cuts could be coming in 2010, even after supervisors moved to slash millions of dollars of county spe...
| Oct.4 |
Martinez |
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County Considers Additional Budget Cuts
| Sep.24 |
UC Berkeley |
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Students, Staff Walk Out To Protest Cuts Students, professors and other employees rallied to protest deep budget cuts that have led to layoffs, furloughs, course reductions and higher fees
| Jul.21 |
SF City Hall |
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Supes Approve $6.6 Billion Budget |
| Jul.14 |
San Francisco |
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Public defender against budget cuts
| Jul.12 |
Oakland |
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UC Employees Protest Plan For Cuts |
| Jul.3 |
San Francisco |
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Gov. Visits SF, Discusses Budget Urgency
| Jun.30 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Budget Approved With Layoffs, Cuts The City Council voted 7-1 to approve a $414 million general fund budget for fiscal 2010 that closes an $83 million shortfall | |
| Jun.27 |
SF City Hall |
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Supes Approve Plan To Lure Filmmakers
| Jun.3 |
Concord |
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Mt. Diablo school officials slashed budget Class sizes will be getting bigger in some grades after Mt. Diablo Unified officials voted to cut more than $29.3 million from its 3-year budget
| Jun.1 |
SF City Hall |
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Newsom Proposes Deep Cuts, Layoffs
| May.27 |
SF City Hall |
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Muni Fare Hikes, Service Cuts In July
| May.19 |
SF City Hall |
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New fee tacked onto price of cigarette
| May.5 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Mayor proposes budget cuts
| Apr.30 |
Contra Costa County |
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Fewer deputies to patrol at night Fewer deputies will be on patrol in unincorporated parts of the county after budget cuts prompted the sheriff's office to reduce its patrols | |
| Apr.24 |
Martinez |
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Backlash Over DA Prosecution Cutbacks Concern is growing in CoCo County after Kochly announced that he would stop prosecuting some misdemeanor crimes due to budget cuts
| Apr.22 |
West Contra Costa |
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2 school districts reviewing cuts
| Apr.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Muni considering budget cuts
| Mar.31 |
Martinez |
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County Cuts Health Care, Deputies Contra Contra County Supervisors approved $50 million in budget cuts that will slash deeply into every department | |
| Mar.5 |
Vallejo |
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School Board Votes To Cut 248 Jobs Facing a projected budget deficit of $11 million, the City Unified School District voted on resolutions to issue layoff notices to 248 employees | |
| Feb.8 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City Faces $60M Budget Shortfall Hundreds more of city employees could be laid when the next fiscal year begins July 1st. Mayor says the city is planning to trim services
| Feb.1 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Papers run A-1 op-ed critical of lawmakers
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| Nov.8 |
San Francisco |
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CSU To Turn Away Students For the first time in its history, CSU system may have to turn away some eligible students from all its 23 campuses because of the budget crisis | |
| Nov.4 |
SF City Hall |
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Projected Budget Shortfall Grows City Controller expects a $90 million to $125 million budget gap, up from the $70 million projected a few weeks ago | |
| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
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Newspapers assail news-rack fee hike plan
| Jul.22 |
SF City Hall |
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$6.4 Billion City Budget Adopted
| Jul.2 |
Oakland |
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Dozens laid off from Children's Hospital A slumping economy and the state's budget crunch is being blamed for the abrupt layoff of 84 employees: doctors, nurses and clinical workers | |
| Jun.13 |
San Quentin |
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Price Tag Soars For New Death Row The rebuilding project is a long overdue and way over budget; the cells are slated to cost more than some Bay Area single-family homes | |
| Jun.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Governor Talks Budget Crisis
| May.23 |
Vallejo |
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City Files For Bankruptcy Due To Woes The city of Vallejo filed for protection to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue | |
| May.12 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City to hire collection agencies San Jose officials plan on turning to collection agencies as they work on reducing $137 million budget deficit | |
| May.3 |
Vallejo |
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City mgr: Vallejo should file for bankruptcy City Manager Joseph Tanner is advising the City Council to declare bankruptcy next week to deal with a worsening budget crisis | |
| Mar.19 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Governor Greeted By Protests
| Mar.6 |
Vallejo |
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Fire Stations Close Amid Budget Crisis The city Fire Department will temporarily close two fire stations in an effort to help the city avoid bankruptcy, according to fire officials | |
| Mar.5 |
Alameda |
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Dropping After-School Sports Considered |
| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis | |
| Jan.15 |
San Jose |
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Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley
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| Sep.25 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Suspends Supervisor Ed Jew Gavin Newsom replaced the supervisor with his Deputy Budget Director, Carmen Chu | |
| Jun.16 |
SF City Hall |
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Supe Daly Removed From Budget Post Board President Peskin made the move when final budget negotiations are about to get underway | |
| May.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Dellums released $2 billion budget The budget for 2 years continues current funding levels for most existing programs | |
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| Dec.28 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Former staffers of mayor charged Arreola, a former deputy chief of staff, and Kali-Rai, from the policy and budget office, were charged with grand theft | |
| Sep.22 |
San Mateo |
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Calls For Superintendent's Resignation San Mateo Union High School District superintendent proposed multi-million dollar budget reduction package
| Aug.22 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Phone Mess At City Hall
| Jun.29 |
Berkeley |
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Balanced $292 Million Budget Approved The first time in 4 years that the city has been able to balance its budget without cuts in services or personnel | |
| Jun.21 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City Approves $2.6 Billion Budget The budget closes a $35 million deficit and gives more money to police and neighborhood
initiatives | |
| May.31 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor: $5.7 Billion Budget Proposal The proposal includes historic amounts of spending in public safety and programs for children and families | |
| Feb.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Plans To Add Police Officers
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Apple |
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Apple cuts iPod prices Apple Computer has started selling a $149 Nano and lowered the price of its budget iPod Shuffles | |
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| Dec.27 |
SF City Hall |
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SFPD May Have Exceeded OT Budget SFPD spent over $7-million of its $10-million overtime budget. The department blames it on the rising murder rate | |
| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
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MUNI Fare Hike Goes Into Effect
| Jun.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland Approves Plan To Shut City Jail
| Jun.18 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Budget calls for job cuts, shutting jail The City Council has voted to adopt a budget of nearly $2 billion for the next 2 fiscal years | |
| Jun.7 |
Atherton |
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Parcel tax renewed for 5 more years Measure W will provide $1.8 million per fiscal year to the town's total budget of $12.9 million | |
| Jun.4 |
Richmond |
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$103 million general fund city budget Mayor Irma L. Anderson has released a budget for fiscal 2006, which is a 3% increase over the previous fiscal year | |
| Jun.2 |
San Jose City Hall |
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New City Hall Unveiled $345 million project with a magnificent 110-foot dome will come in just less than 1% over budget | |
| May.31 |
SF City Hall |
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Budget Calls for $283 Million Increase Mayor Newsom unveiled his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year | |
| May.7 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Proposed budget of $2 billion for 2 years Mayor Brown and City Administrator Edgerly have released a proposed budget that calls for eliminating 164 jobs | |
| Mar.16 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Mayor released budget recommendations Ron Gonzales released his recommendations for the 2005-2006, addressing a projected budget shortfall of $57 million | |
| Mar.5 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Warns of Looming Deficit Gavin Newsom says the budget is $113 million dollars short and that could balloon to $190 million | |
| Jan.25 |
SF City Hall |
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Supes Vote Against Tsunami Donation
| Jan.14 |
SF City Hall |
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115 city workers to lose their jobs The city has been confronted with chronic budget problems since the .com downturn began in 2000 | |
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| Sep.1 |
Oakland City Hall |
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40 city workers lose jobs to trim budget Most worked for the city's Public Works Agency and Police Department, and earned $16 to $22 an hour
| Aug.6 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor signed a $5 billion city budget Gavin Newsom is closing a $307 million budget deficit, the largest the city has ever had
| Jul.16 |
North San Mateo County |
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Budget Cuts Force Park Closures
| Jun.19 |
San Jose |
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Supervisors Approve Trimmed Budget The Santa Clara County has passed a budget without raising taxes but that may be an option in the near future
| Jun.16 |
Vallejo |
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City Council passed $73.3 million budget The 2004-05 budget includes concessions and deferred pay raises by the 4 unions representing city employees | |
| May.4 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Proposed $725.2 million budget cuts 12% The city manager calls for more layoffs and imposes a new 911 telephone fee
| Apr.2 |
Richmond |
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Fire Sparks Worries About Budget Cuts Fire crews say they were fortunate to contain a 3-alarm fire at an apartment complex
| Mar.4 |
Richmond |
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City has a $35 million budget deficit The city started the fiscal year with a $8.3 million General Fund deficit, overspent by $6 million | |
| Feb.22 |
Burlingame |
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GOP convention endorses Gov. budget The California Republican Party gave its approval to Schwarzenegger's $15 billion plan to rescue the state's finances | |
| Jan.27 |
SF City Hall |
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Newsom to seek higher taxes
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San Jose |
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7,100-seat concert hall may be created Despite budget problems, County officials are looking into creation of a hall that would compete for local entertainment events | |
| Jan.19 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City Begs Gov. to Abandon Budget Cuts
| Jan.15 |
San Jose |
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Extension of BART line to San Jose stalled A multibillion-dollar extension may not be completed until 2026 -- 12 years later than expected because of budget problems | |
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San Jose City Hall |
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Painful Budget Cuts Expected
| Jan.11 |
SF City Hall |
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New Fire Chief: Budget Crisis a Challenge Joanne Hayes-White is pledging to avoid laying off any staff even though state funding is about to be reduced
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| Dec.16 |
Santa Clara |
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County supervisors tackles budget crisis The Board of Supervisors voted to halt millions of dollars worth of projects and to plan for budget cuts | |
| Dec.10 |
Palo Alto |
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240 city employees to take 3 unpaid days Managers and professional workers will have to take three days of unpaid furlough to help trim the city budget | |
| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
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MUNI Fares Go Up $60 million budget shortfall has forced city to hike MUNI fares. A single adult fare will now cost $1.25
| Aug.22 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City to rebalance budget Cty and redevelopment staff have proposed steps to keep the budgets in balance in response to reduced revenues
| Jul.31 |
San Francisco |
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U.C. Closes SF Extension Campus The Laguna Street location will close because of low enrollment and budget cuts. It had offered 717 classes | |
| Jul.15 |
SF City Hall |
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Supervisors approved budget Budget includes $100 million in cuts compared to last year's budget | |
| Jul.11 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Budget Cuts Bad for Short-Staffed Police At least 40 civilians will lose their jobs: Forensics unit, crime scene photograph developers, fingerprint processors
| Jun.19 |
Oakland City Hall |
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$840 million city budget passes City Council unanimously approved a city budget. Most unions have tentatively agreed to salary reductions
| Jun.3 |
San Jose |
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VTA to consider service cuts, fare hikes The board of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is facing a $63 million budget deficit | |
| Jun.2 |
SF City Hall |
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Budget averts early dire predictions A new city budget closed a $347 million deficit through labor concessions, cuts in services and fee increases
| May.15 |
Oakland |
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Hundreds of Jobs Axed from Schools
| May.2 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City Asks for Federal Help with Deficit City is facing a budget deficit that could soar as high as $120 million over the next 5 years | |
| Apr.29 |
Fremont |
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4th of July Parade Saved $25,000 from Boston Scientific has saved the parade from the budget chopping block | |
| Apr.17 |
San Jose |
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Ballet Director Bales stepping down Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley will downsize through budget cuts totaling $1.4 million
| Mar.26 |
SFSU |
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Admissions deadline accelerated to May 1 An anticipated increase in enrollment and an unknown budget has forced school to establish an earlier deadline | |
| Mar.25 |
San Jose City Hall |
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200 Rally Ove Budget Cut Nonprofit organizations are concerned that Gonzales will cut more than $10 million in funding for programs | |
| Mar.10 |
Richmond |
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District has $12 million budget shortfall Public school teachers may have to take a two-day unpaid furlough next school year | |
| Feb.27 |
San Francisco |
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Muni Fares Set to Jump 25% Municipal Railway tackles a $52 million budget deficit
| Feb.26 |
SF Downtown |
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Budget Cuts at SFMOMA The Museum of Modern Art will reduce its annual exhibitions by as much as 25% | |
| Feb.4 |
Berkeley |
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Budget would shut down accelerator The 88-inch cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is a 40-year-old particle accelerator
| Jan.27 |
Los Altos |
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Packard Foundation to scale back grants The philanthropic organization will reduce its grants budget to $200 million in 2003, less than a third of the total in 2000
| Jan.20 |
Fremont |
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City faces $20 million budget deficit An earthquake retrofit that has helped make improvements to 58 offices, shops and industrial buildings is at risk | |
| Jan.14 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Mayor warns of budget cuts In his State of the City Brown warned that belt-tightening begin with immediate cuts in overtime spending | |
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| Dec.19 |
SF City Hall |
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Projected budget deficit topped $200M Officials were expecting a $170 million local shortfall. The state's $35 billion cash crunch will increase the damage | |
| Nov.3 |
Marin County |
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Proposed reductions to bus and ferry The district has declared a 'fiscal emergency,' because of its $6 million budget deficit | |
| Oct.16 |
Oakland |
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Financial expert to handle schools budget The county has appointed a state financial expert after accounting discrepancies revealed missing millions | |
| Oct.8 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Budget crisis Mayor Gonzales said that city officials are looking at creative ways to preserve the current levels of municipal services | |
| Aug.9 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor signed $4.9 billion budget Mayor said the budget was created without adversely impacting city services or resulting in employee layoffs | |
| Aug.3 |
Martinez |
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Budget Cuts Threaten Hotline in County Stand Against Domestic Violence and Crisis Center could be affected | |
| Jun.20 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor's proposed budget protested The lowest paid city employees claim unfairly shift the weight of the revenue shortfall | |
| Jun.15 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Median Barrier Plan Dropped A projected $441 million budget deficit has forced the district to drop moveable median barrier | |
| Jun.5 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Mayor released city budget Ron Gonzales proposed 2003 budget has no layoffs despite having to close a deficit of approximately $35 million | |
| Jun.3 |
SF City Hall |
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4.9 billion budget proposal
| May.31 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Bridge officials to increase tolls to $5 District officials are considering proposals want to help reduce the $452 million budget deficit | |
| May.10 |
BART |
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$28.1 million shortfall expected Preliminary operating budget for the year of 2003 is $438.9 million, while the projected revenue is at $410.8 million | |
| Mar.7 |
SJSU |
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University budget to be cut University President expects the state crisis will result in the University budget being cut by between $2 and 10 million | |
| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Budget deficit of up to $17 million Mayor Jerry Brown is confident that the city is still on the upswing | |
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| Oct.11 |
SF City Hall |
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$100 million short budget Revenue from every tax, with the exception of the motor vehicle tax, is anticipated to decrease | |
| Jul.26 |
San Ramon |
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Gov. Davis Visits San Ramon Attending a meeting of Contra Costa Counci, Gray Davis announces signed $101 billion budget | |
| Jul.24 |
SF City Hall |
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Budget OK after 40 hours hearings Board of Supervisors adopted the city's annual $5.2 billion budget by 9-to-2 vote | |
| Jun.19 |
Oakland |
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2-year budget City Council is expected to approve a $1.63 billion, budget that would boost youth programs | |
| Jun.2 |
Martinez |
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Audit of County Health Department Grand jury charging the agency with exceeding its planned budget
| May.22 |
San Ramon |
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Gay issue overrides budget cut San Ramon Valley school district meetings agenda will be devoted to citizens' concerns about homosexuality
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| Sep.20 |
San Francisco |
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School district fired 39 teachers District has 2-year plan to cut $23 million from its budget | |
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