More Company for our Misery

I was mentioning the other day how our budget woes are a nationwide trend. Here is just a partial listing of articles from just the last week describing California cities that are going through the same experience as us:

By the way, on some computers, it will ask you for a password to link to these stories. Cancel out the password request, go up to the web address box and you'll see the following:
http://www.ci.manteca.ca.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.redding.com/news/2009/oct/06/redding-mayor-suggests-ballot-measure-could-cut/%2520

Just delete out everything up to and including the "=" (equals sign) and leave the rest and you should be able to get to the story. Of course, some of the stories will already be gone, but for most this should work.


Redding mayor suggests ballot measure could cut more city benefits... Posted October 6 by the Record Searchlight
State employees take pay cuts, save 1,100 jobs... Posted October 6 by CBS 13
Alameda moves to cut health benefit costs for new hires... Posted October 5 by the IslandofAlameda.com
Recession making it tough for San Joaquin agencies to maintain workplace diversity efforts... Posted October 5 by the Stockton Record
California blunts budget cuts... Posted October 5 by the Wall Street Journal
L.A. city SEIU local: "our members get loud and angry"...Posted October 4 by OurLA.org
Is Columbus Day a holiday? State workers get conflicting advice...Posted October 4 by the Sacramento Bee
Loma Linda forced to cut staff...Posted October 3 by the Press-Enterprise
Sonoma cuts “to the bone” to balance budget... Posted October 2 by the Sonoma Valley Sun Prison educators get layoff notices... October 2 by the Press-Enterprise
Tuolumne County employees benefit from PERS windfall...Posted October 2 by the Union Democrat
Brea to temporarily cut on-duty fire staffing...Posted October 2 by the OC Register
Union concessions may ease Sacramento County budget crisis... Posted October 2 by the Sacramento Bee
Riverside County declares impasse with prosecutors...Posted October 2 by the Valley News
Union workers cut in Guadalupe... Posted October 1 by the Santa Maria Times
San Jacinto approves cuts in office hours, workers' pay... Posted October 1 by the Press-Enterprise
UC Riverside employees to get "temporary layoff" notices... Posted October 1 by the Press-Enterprise
Alameda County, SEIU come to new pact...Posted October 1 by the Oakland Tribune
546 S.F. workers get layoff notices, but many will be rehired, paid less...Posted October 1 by the SF Public Press
Vallejo IBEW president: time for resolution, redirection... Posted October 1 by the Times-Herald See also Retiree group wants to see Vallejo's Chapter 9 exit strategy... Posted October 2 by the Times-Herald
UCSF offers furloughed employees little help via "hardship loans"... Posted September 30 by the SF Public Press
Opinion: Myth of the underpaid public employee...Posted September 30 by the Boston Globe
Anaheim teachers face up to 11.75% pay cut... Posted September 30 by the OC Register
Furloughs equal more work less pay in S.F.... Posted September 30 by MissionLocal.org

NEGOTIATIONS/LABOR RELATIONS
Deputies' union says non-sworn jail guards compromise safety... Posted October 5 by the OC Register
Vallejo Con Dios: New report on unions' impact... Posted October 5 by the Times-Herald
And... Posted September 28 by the CATO Institute
Don Perata still making bank from prison guards' union... Posted September 30 by the Contra Costa Times
Glendale USD, teachers union start far apart... Posted October 4 by the Glendale News-Press
PERB ruling favors Modesto CEA leader... Posted October 2 by the Modesto Bee
Palo Alto to resume negotiations with IBEW... Posted October 2 by PaloAltoOnline.com
See also Palo Alto police managers forming own group... Posted October 1 by PaloAltonline.com See also Palo Alto managers talk of joining Teamsters... Posted September 30 by PaloAltoOnline.com
Anger is mutual for SEIU, SF mayor... Posted September 30 by the San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Maria’s City Attorney rejects ballot measure on police pay... Posted September 30 by the Santa Maria Times

PENSIONS/RETIREE HEALTH
Pensions’ post-crash reforms: Slipping away?... Posted October 5 by Calpensions.com
Pensions for new hires targeted as Marin County, area cities seek changes... Posted October 4 by the Marin Independent Journal
Daniel Borenstein: Taxpayers are stuck with public pension increases... Posted October 4 by the Contra Costa Times
San Diego County retirement board rejects CEO's advice on counsel... Posted October 2 by the San Diego Union-Tribune
LA coalition of unions: Vote yes on early retirement deal... Posted October 2 by OurLA.org
LAPD officers continue to bargain... Posted October 2 by the Los Angeles Wave
Publicizing $100,000 pensions is a way to reform the pension system — or kill it... Posted October 2009 by Governing.com
Initiative to shrink California’s employee pensions gains steam from public outrage... Posted September 30 by the OC Register
See also Legal trouble may loom if MWD board rejects new contracts... Posted September 29 by the OC Register
See also MWD retiree health plan: Too big to last?... Posted September 30 by Calpensions.com
See also MWD pension idea in line with other agencies... Posted October 5 by the San Diego Union-Tribune
California public employees have better pensions than feds... Posted September 28 by the OC Register

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