According to KCBS, "[a] new austerity mandate has come down from Mayor Gavin Newsom." And it's pretty grim. Then again, what isn't in these dastardly economic times?

Anyway, Newsom wouldn't say exactly how much certain city programs would need to prune, "but stressed that his department heads and the city’s labor unions will need to do more with less."

"If labor is unable to step up, which I certainly understand, then they should expect more layoffs. If they can step up, there’ll be substantially less layoffs,” the mayor said. He also wants "all departments to renegotiate outside contracts."

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