Muni Budget Plan To Include Several Changes
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials approved a two-year budget plan on Tuesday that includes free rides for low-income youth and parking meter enforcement on Sundays.
Mayor Lee Reaches Out to Residents For Budget Suggestions
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is planning on holding town hall meetings, “Coffee with Mayor Lee” events and utilizing social media to help reach out to voters to balance the city’s budget and establish priorities that are most important to residents.
Budget Wrangling Continues in Sacramento
Last week, California’s Democratic leaders sent Governor Jerry Brown a majority-vote budget plan, beating a mandated June 15 deadline to have a balanced budget in place. Less than 24 hours later, Brown vetoed the plan and said “he wouldn’t sign a budget filled with gimmicks.”
Cell Phones Saving State Millions
California Governor Jerry Brown has announced that nearly 30,000 cell phones have been collected from state employees since January, saving the state millions of dollars.
Muni Could Bring Fiscal Woes to Voters
Facing the possibility of a more than billion dollar budget deficit over the next 20 years, financial planners have come up with five suggestions for the struggling San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
Governor Orders State Hiring Freeze
Amid California’s ongoing fiscal crisis, Governor Jerry Brown has ordered a state government hiring freeze.
SF School Board Wants More Money
And not for the public schools they are (supposedly) working for, but for themselves. At the moment, members get $500/month (this amount was set in 1972) and they are proposing to increase it to roughly $40,000 annually, about what a first-year teacher makes.
SF State Budget Woes
SF State has a $32 million deficit and with state and education funding quickly drying up, the university is facing a monetary crisis. To this end, the school created the 12-member University Planning Advisory Council [UPAC], who released a report today detailing the possible steps SF State would need to take to ease their financial woes.
No Cell Phone for You!
Trying to manage the state deficit, Governor Jerry Brown issued his very first executive order – stripping state employees of their cell phones. The move will save us $20 million a year. I guess the state of California needs to now get its own “Friends and Family Plan”. Jerry ain’t messin’ around.
Brown Delivers on Promise for Major Cuts
Governor Jerry Brown took the first step on Monday to balancing the state budget, announcing a plan that would slash spending by $12.5 billion.
Recent Comments