SF News Schwarzenegger set to send layoff notices on Tuesday Budget or not, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is all set to send layoff notices (warnings) to 20,000 state workers. According to the Sacramento Bee, "those with the least seniority among the approximately 100,
SF News State Controller Buys $2M Worth of Furniture First Wells Fargo Bank can't attend annual "employee recognition events," now state employees can't get new chaise lounges. It seems the same day the governor vetoed the Democrats' budget proposal, John Chiang, the
SF News SF $1.1 Billion Cash Stimulus Wish List Revealed Matt Smith has word that Mayor Gavin Newsom has begged for a piece of the federal stimulus package pie -- a $1 billion slice of it, in fact. What does the city of
SF News Mock Funeral for Health Care Cuts Today Because city health care programs are under the false impression that they are untouchable bastions of altruism and benevolence, a coalition of community groups, labor, and concerned citizens will hold mock funeral at
SF News More Budget Cuts for SF In addition to the major cuts Newsom announced earlier this week (during a rare encounter with the Board of Supervisors, and speaking of rare encounters: Mayor Gavin Newsom is currently speaking over at
SF News 400 SF City Workers Out of a Job After yesterday's rare appearance before the Board of Supervisors, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his team's $118 million in proposed "mid-year solutions." Part of said solution will be to eliminate 400 city jobs. While
SF News Gavin Addresses the Board of Supes About Cuts About what cuts? Well, cuts that could be symptomatic of the "greatest crisis since the Great Depression," said Mayor Newsom, according to SFist sources, who spoke to the Board of Supervisors today. That
SF News Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Recall Underway, Says "Powerful" Union Today the "powerful and well-heeled" correctional officers' union today set their lasers on Schwarzenegger for a recall. Lance Corcoran, spokespeson of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, says the reason for the recall
SF News The budget, she is signed Oh, what fun! Soon after smashing Siebel's hymen to smithereens this weekend, Mayor Gavin Newsom has signed the 2008-2009 budget. Yay! Moments after putting his John Hancock on it, Newsom declared, "Today, I
SF News Protesting Mayor Newsom's Shiny New Budget Speaking of our fine mayor, Newsom's recently released budget plan, it seems, will "terminate critical health and human services, while pumping up salaries for police by 25% and adding many new high paid
SF News Show Us Your Pink Slips: Newsom To Eliminate 450 City Employees From the Payroll While he wouldn't say whether or not Cynthia Thompson will receive a much deserved ax, today Mayor Gavin Newsom did announce that he will hack away at some 1,000 city jobs as
SF News Layoffs Greet San Francisco School Teachers Today 535 San Francisco Unified School District teachers will receive layoff notices this morning due to state cuts in education funding. Today's pink slip handouts stem from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget '09, which will
SF News Hundreds of Alameda Students Walk Out in Protest Students at Encinal High School walked out of their classrooms today in response to proposed budget cuts. Last night the school board held a tense meeting that went well into the wee hours
misc Giant Hulking Muni Takes a Terrifying Interest in Small, Innocent Transportation Authority The TA, if you're unfamiliar, was created a couple of years ago by a voter mandate. Muni was in awful shape at that time (unimaginable, we know), and an voters needed an alternative
misc Oh, Look, a Government Agency that Actually Does a Pretty Smart Job of Spending Our Money The SFCTA is like Muni's successful younger sibling: they may be smaller, but they're lean and quick and very efficient. These folks get stuff . In addition to fixing all the broken transit in
misc Gavin Plays Extreme Makeover First there were raises given to staff members who were also given spiffy new job titles. Total cost of all this is will be around $500,000 over the next 18 months, money
misc Public Park Closures Needed, Says the Gov Nature lovers will be peeved. Under the budget proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today - dear God, just how did we get here? starting off a sentence like that? - nine local state
SF News Where Have All the Good Budget Times Gone? It's kinda like on the "the Wire" when the outgoing Mayor decided to get revenge on the guy who beat him in the Mayoral Race by not telling anyone that the educational system
