Budgets in the News
As we approach budget adoption season, we're beginning to see the many different ways that California cities are dealing with this historic drop in tax revenues.
In Los Angeles, 1200 positions are being eliminated and non-safety employees will be taking 26 furlough days. The city is still hoping to cut another $150 million in costs through salary concessions. You can click here to read more.
In San Francisco, they've already eliminated hundreds of jobs and over 1000 more positions are proposed to be eliminated after the City's largest labor union rejected a proposal to reduce compensation for holidays. Read about it here.
Non-safety employees have made concessions in Gilroy, but there are still potential layoffs for fire and police if labor costs can't be reduced. Read more here.
The jobs for half of Norco's firefighters will be eliminated unless their union can come up with $750,000 in budget concessions according to a report you can access here.
At the Sacramento Metro Fire District (which covers part of Sacramento County) they are closing three fire stations. However, they have been able to avoid layoffs due to salary concessions. Click here to read more.
And then we have the State of California and its $24 billion deficit (I think it was $21 billion last week). Click here to review the State's May revise. You can read more about the details here.
On a more positive note, I thought I'd attach a link to Joel Kotkin's website. He is one of the pre-eminent urban/economic geographers in the country. He was way ahead of the curve in predicting the many economic problems now being faced by the Golden State. I'm hoping that his article you can read here is also ahead of the curve. He argues there is still hope for the future economy of our state.
In Los Angeles, 1200 positions are being eliminated and non-safety employees will be taking 26 furlough days. The city is still hoping to cut another $150 million in costs through salary concessions. You can click here to read more.
In San Francisco, they've already eliminated hundreds of jobs and over 1000 more positions are proposed to be eliminated after the City's largest labor union rejected a proposal to reduce compensation for holidays. Read about it here.
Non-safety employees have made concessions in Gilroy, but there are still potential layoffs for fire and police if labor costs can't be reduced. Read more here.
The jobs for half of Norco's firefighters will be eliminated unless their union can come up with $750,000 in budget concessions according to a report you can access here.
At the Sacramento Metro Fire District (which covers part of Sacramento County) they are closing three fire stations. However, they have been able to avoid layoffs due to salary concessions. Click here to read more.
And then we have the State of California and its $24 billion deficit (I think it was $21 billion last week). Click here to review the State's May revise. You can read more about the details here.
On a more positive note, I thought I'd attach a link to Joel Kotkin's website. He is one of the pre-eminent urban/economic geographers in the country. He was way ahead of the curve in predicting the many economic problems now being faced by the Golden State. I'm hoping that his article you can read here is also ahead of the curve. He argues there is still hope for the future economy of our state.
posted by City Manager @ 11:08 PM
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