budget

Supervisor secures funding for staffed, 24-hour public bathrooms

Supervisor Matt Haney announced more than $6 million in funding secured for 10 staffed, 24-hour Pit Stop bathrooms, as well…

3 years ago

Sonoma County supervisors unanimously approve $2 billion budget

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Friday voted unanimously to adopt a $2 billion budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal…

3 years ago

Breed’s $13.1 billion budget proposal makes its way through Board of Supervisors

In the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, Mayor London Breed shared her two-year budget proposal, which would spend more than…

3 years ago

Federal stimulus shrinks San Francisco’s budget deficit by $630 million

Thanks in part to the most recent federal stimulus package, San Francisco’s two-year budget deficit has exponentially shrunk from a…

3 years ago

Amid calls for police reform, task force invites public input in ‘reimagining public safety’

Oakland city officials are seeking public input on improving public safety through the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, which was…

3 years ago

Contra Costa County starts sales tax measure campaign to bolster depleted budget

Contra Costa County officials on Friday will formally kick off a campaign supporting a half-cent countywide sales tax ballot measure,…

4 years ago

Mayor lays out $446 million Covid-19 budget proposal

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Tuesday laid out a spending proposal specifically related to Covid-19. She also stressed the need…

4 years ago

Breed’s two-year budget proposal diverts police funds, assumes labor union cooperation to close deficit

San Francisco Mayor London Breed presented her two-year budget that seeks to close a $1.5 billion deficit during a period…

4 years ago

Black residents identify investment priorities for SFPD’s defunded budget

Mayor London Breed and District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton pledged in June to "defund" the San Francisco Police Department and…

4 years ago

Haney’s new sanitation department measure heads to November ballot

San Francisco voters will get the chance in November to decide if a new sanitation department will be established, or…

4 years ago

Revised SFMTA budget ditches plan to expand Free Muni for Youth program

San Francisco transit officials have halted plans to extend its Free Muni for Youth program to all city youth due…

4 years ago

Pleasant Hill breaks from budget norms as city contends with Covid-19 revenue loss

The Pleasant Hill City Council, which generally approves city budgets two years at a time, is poised to pass a…

4 years ago

School district budget eliminates campus police, funds African American student services

The West Contra Costa Unified School District board on Wednesday unanimously approved a $377 million budget for the coming academic…

4 years ago

Mayor’s budget commits to police amid calls for defunding department

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Sunday rejected calls to defund his city's Police Department, insisting that it would "undermine…

4 years ago

Budget issues plague leaders, educators as plans hatch to mitigate ‘Covid slide’

In a surprise announcement last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested reopening schools as soon as late July or early August…

4 years ago

Supe calls for hold on fare increases despite transit agency deficit

As the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to hold public hearings over its two-year budget, Supervisor Dean Preston is…

4 years ago

Officials look to creative funding to save City College of SF classes

San Francisco City Hall officials announced Monday that they are stepping in to save 17 of 50 City College of…

4 years ago

Transit agencies bring in new year with fare hikes

Multiple transit agencies are beginning the new year with fare hikes. The cost to ride San Francisco’s famous cable cars…

4 years ago

Breed lays down budget priorities: homelessness, mental health, clean streets

San Francisco Mayor London Breed made her budget position clear with city department heads Monday. She wants homelessness, behavioral health…

4 years ago

City College of SF scraps 289 classes as spring registration begins

“Everyone is living in a constant place of fear, even if the cuts haven’t come to their department yet.”

4 years ago

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