Budget News around the State

A quick read of the morning news continues to reinforce the fact that Manteca's budget problems are not unique. Revenue drops may vary a bit from City to City, but we are all grappling with same challenges--how to continue to fund our services with less revenue and ever increasing labor costs.

Here is a quick tour around the State...

Sacramento's firefighters still want their 5 percent raise, but they are willing to put their raises towards "layoff relief". Read about it here.

In San Bernardino, firefighters may head to the ballot box to preserve jobs. Click here for the full story.

Just over the hill in Oakland, 12 firefighter trainees were released because the department doesn't have the funding to hire them. More here.

Down the road in Modesto, it is more of the same. Revenues keep dropping and services citywide are going to take a major hit. To find out what cuts they are proposing, read it here.

To read a little bit more about our budget situation, click here to read the Bulletin's Sunday story on our budget.