SF News Supervisors Wait to Take 'Largely Symbolic' Vote on Muni And in useless news today, the Board of Supervisors is "in limbo" about whether or not to reject Muni's latest budget, even though this amounts to a "largely symbolic" vote on the part
SF News Watch Newsom's Budget Proposal Live While no where near as entertaining as a Kelly Bensimon disco dust-fueled verbal miscarriage, it's almost as important. Watch Mayor Newsom reveal his San Francisco budget proposal, before it goes to the Board
SF News Newsom to Reveal Budget Proposal At around 3:30 p.m. today, Mayor Newsom will reveal his plan to save San Francisco from financial ruins. (Or not.) The Gav will unveil his budget proposal, which will include, among
SF News Muni to Charge for Transfers? Melissa Griffin brings our attention to these festive and timely shirts You like? (The Carl/Cole one is especially genius.) It could be the perfect gift for your loved blowing their lid after
SF News Newsom Eyes Sunday Parking Meter Enforcement In an effort to generate anywhere from $2 to $3 million a year, Mayor Gavin Newsom says he's warming up to the idea of citywide Sunday meters. Right now only waterfront and Embarcadero
SF News Bad Idea, San Francisco: $5 F-Market Rides The MTA is proposing cuts to every Muni line in an effort to close a plus-sized $16.9 million budget gap. What's more, and you might want to grab a nearby trashcan to
SF News More San Francisco Budget Cuts 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
SF News State Correctional Officers' Furloughs Illegal, Judge Rules California prison guards forced to take unpaid leave days came out victorious today as an Alameda Superior Court judge ruled the furloughs illegal, SacBee reports. In their March court filing, the California Correctional
SF News Newsom Slams Local Blog For Creating "False Controversy" The sweet scriubes over at Streetsblog posted a might fine article on how San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, allegedly, "has been quietly pressuring MTA Chief Nat Ford to delay or prevent proposals to
SF News The Person Who Controls Newsom's Twitter Account Writes Ahem. @GavinNewsom: "Just signed SF's [$6.6 Billion] budget. Worked w/ colleagues to increase funding for univ health care program, protect jobs for teachers, police + fire." The budget also "prevented the closure" of
SF News The Future of State Parks: Partnerships, Closures & Possibly Corporations California State Parks director Ruth Coleman said that the agency faces a total of about $39 million in cuts after the new budget, which directly states a $14.2 million cut, was signed
SF News Schwarzenegger Signs Budget, Adds More Cuts That Are Expected to Close 100 State Parks Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger finally signed California's budget today, making additional cuts to fill a $1.1 billion gap left by legislators in their approved package. An additional $6.2 million was cut from
SF News Calif. Budget Passed, Schwarzenegger Speaks Oversized wristwatch connoisseur, former Hollywood thespian, and Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has some news: "@Schwarzenegger: Budget passed. Thanks to the legislature for the hard work last night and today. Plan to sign
SF News Board of Supervisors Pass $6.6 Billion Budget by Chris Jones Yesterday, the city's Board of Supervisors voted 9 to 2 to pass a $6.6 billion budget. Lonely dissenters, Supervisors Elsbernd and Chu rejected the budget as totally retarded. Young
SF News Gov. Schwarzenegger & Lawmakers Reach Budget Agreement Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and your legislative leaders came to a tentative agreement this evening to (finally!) "balance California's $26 billion deficit by cutting broadly across state government, shifting costs into the future and
SF News San Francisco's Bison, Can They Survive Nowadays? Sadly, the answer could be no. SFAppeal has a phenomenal video that highlights the declining bison population of San Francisco. Although only five of them remain in the city today, "the bison recently
misc Photo du Jour 432 Scene from yesterday's budget rally to, like, help save public health. Read more about it over at SFBG.
SF News Newsom's Budget Cuts 1,600 Jobs, No Police Layoffs Mayor Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 2009-10 which would take affect July 1st, and in it he proposes eliminating 1,600 city jobs (including 900 currently vacant positions and
SF News <i>[Insert Another Tired, Cleverless Headline About BART & Muni Fare Increase Here]</i> Have you heard that BART and Muni fares are increasing? A news story that seems to pop up at least once a month? Or not? Anyway, BART prices will increase on July 1.
SF News BOS Meeting: Muni Budget, to Pass or Not to Pass In a meeting filled with local online notables -- that is to say, Streetsblog, the Guardian, SF Weekly, former D6 candidate Paul Hogarth, your mother -- the Board of Supervisors plans on voting
SF News Charging Critical Mass? CBS 5 reporter Joe Vazquez, who took to the streets with critical massers last month, posed a question: Why isn't critical mass paying its fair share for the cost of their monthly ride?
SF News Oakland Mayor Seeking Federal Grant to Avoid Laying Off Police Officers The latest Oakland City Budget document dropped yesterday, and in it Mayor Ron Dellums is proposing laying off 140 of the city's 803 police officers in order to help meet an estimated $80
SF News Muni update - with Gavin! "We're at the point now where we can't get down to zero (deficit) without tough decisions," Newsom said. "I hate the idea of raising fares. I don't want to cut Muni service. But
SF News California State Budget Passed It is done. (Well, almost done.) By 7 a.m., both houses of the Legislature passed the shiny budget plan. The 33 bills include "$15 billion in spending cuts, $11.4 billion in
SF News Your Official California State Worker Layoff Notice "In the face of a $42 billion budget shortfall, and still no budget, measures are needed to preserve the State’s cash." And with that begins the official layoff letter sent out to
