San Francisco budget in the news

Tax scuffle begins
Supervisor Daly has own plans for city revenues
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 142004


Cutbacks at health centers a bitter pill to swallow
Poor patients could lose urgent care clinic, other services
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, June 142004


Hundreds of
new summer youth jobs
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 92004


Invisible cuts
Is the mayor's budget too good to be true?
Rachel Brahinsky, SF Bay Guardian, June 92004


Newsom
has reserve if voters balk
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, June 42004


Price
for rebuilding Laguna Honda soars
Rising steel costs mean project may be scaled back
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, June 42004


More money
for food bank
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 42004


Transbay
transition
Terminal approval hinges on logistics, securing funding
Ethan Fletcher, Examiner, June 42004


Supes
mend fences over housing bond
Resolution would extend time to resolve differences
Suzanne Herel, Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, June 32004


Taxi measure
in the works
Proposal would allow drivers to buy, sell permits
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 32004


$5
billion city budget full of 'sacrifices'
Balancing act includes 550 layoffs, sales tax increase
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, June 22004


Solid start
Core of mayor's budget proposal sound, supes say
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 22004


Taxi
permits eyed as revenue source
New York auction raised $90 million for 300 cab licenses
Suzanne Herel, San Francisco Chronicle, June 22004


Hearing
cancellation could derail mayor's affordable housing bond
Katia Hetter, Suzanne Herel, San Francisco Chronicle, June 22004


Gonzalez pulls
rank, Peskin gets dumped
Supervisors' ploy puts bond in bind
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, June 22004


S.F.
begins its budget ballet
Editorial, Examiner, June 22004


Newsom's first budget
Bay Guadrian Editorial, June 22004


SF Budget Proposal
Includes Taxes, Layoffs
ABC 7, June 22004


SF Proposed Budget Would Cut
753 Jobs
KTVU, June 12004


Newsom
proposes higher S.F. business tax, staff cuts
Eric Young, San Francisco Business Times, June 12004


SF Mayor To Ask Voters
To Approve Tax Hike
NBC11, June 12004


SF
Mayor Calls for Hundreds of Job Cuts
Mike Sugarman, CBS5, June 12004


SF
Mayor Unveils Budget, Layoffs, Cuts and Proposed Tax Increase Included
KCBS, June 12004


SF Officials Want To Cut Inmate
Health Care Costs
KTVU / AP, June 12004


Newsom
shows budget balance
Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, June 12004

Mayor trying to trim S.F. jail costs
Newsom plan could lead to privatizing medical services
Rachel Gordon, Ilene Lelchuk, San Francisco Chronicle, June 12004


Spreading
the pain around
Belt-tightening budget gives a little, takes a little
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, May 312004

Newsom budget slashes jobs, taxes big business
Mayor battles $300 million deficit
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, May 282004


Newsom's
budget to get close scrutiny
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, May 282004



New SF Budget Cuts Hundreds
Of Jobs
KTVU, May 282004



Mayor's
Budget Would Cut Hundreds Of SF Jobs
ABC 7 - KGO, May 282004



Budget
endgame
Mayor proposes hundreds of layoffs, taxes, cutbacks
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, May 272004


Clinics rally
Mental health staffs join forces, fight proposed closures.
Ethan Fletcher, Examiner, May 262004



Sunset
speaks out on mental health
Staff, advocates fight to save clinic from shutting down
Ethan Fletcher, Examiner, May 192004



Seniors
fight City Hall
Budget-cut protest delivers empty lunches
Sara Zaske, Examiner, May 192004



State
budget blow softened -- smaller cuts
Services for seniors, poor still threatened
Rachel Gordon, Alan Gathright, San Francisco Chronicle, May 152004



Neighborhoods
rate services in city as 'fair'
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, May 142004



Blow to
S.F. softened, but still hurts
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, May 142004



Health
Commission OKs $32 million cuts
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, May 132004


City may farm
out jobs
Unions stake ground on issue
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, May 132004



Health
panel weighs $12.6 million in cuts
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, May 112004


Proposal
to close four clinics
Ethan Fletcher, Examiner, May 102004



Top
arts groups face 25% funding trim
Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, May 82004


Park lovers
beg city to spare recreation budget
Ethan Fletcher, Examiner, May 62004



S.F.
urged to shut 3 fire stations
$30 million in cuts to be proposed to supervisors today
Suzanne Herel, San Francisco Chronicle, April 292004



A
fine mess
Fewer parking tickets mean more budget headaches for S.F.
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, April 282004



Newsom
casts eye on retiree benefit
Scrutiny promised as health care costs triple in 3 years
Ilene Lelchuk, San Francisco Chronicle, April 262004


Park
projects on hold for lack of funding
Oversight panel wants audit before new bond sale
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, April 222004


Budget
panel finds consensus elusive
Tax plans offered -- but no easy answers to gaping deficit
Ilene Lelchuk, San Francisco Chronicle, March 292004


Raising the VLF
a top option for supes
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, March 292004



S.F.'s
runaway payroll
Workforce, overtime soared during Willie Brown era
Ilene Lelchuk, San Francisco Chronicle, March 282004


$352
million in red ink projected
Economy, labor costs, state cuts blamed for expanding deficit
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, March 202004


Health
Dept. budget-balancing plans to slash free medicine for thousands
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, March 162004


City's poor nailed
for costs as cuts deepen
Millions reduced from Public Health budget
Alison Soltau, Examiner, March 152004



Newsom's
rep at stake in budget crisis
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, March 122004


Mayor
cuts 50 jobs, 165 to go in battle to trim $260 million
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, February 282004


Muni
board OKs cuts and layoffs
$475 million budget OKd that slashes 125 jobs, 43 bus runs
Katia Hetter, San Francisco Chronicle, February 282004


Muni
proposes cuts to balance budget
Ax would fall on 125 workers, 43 runs
Ilene Lelchuk, Simone Sebastian, San Francisco Chronicle, February 182004


Budget
news may go from bad to worse
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, February 132004


S.F.
assessor seeks break in appeals over top properties
Teng requests help from private sector during budget crisis
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, February 62004


Supervisors
search for money in hidden spots to ease budget woes
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, February 62004


Be
prepared for tax hike, Newsom says
S.F. mayor delivers blunt message to business leaders
Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, January 272004


Newsom to spread
budget pain
Mayor signals need for tax on downtown, union concessions to close $300M gap
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, January 272004


City faces
$260M shortfall
Adriel Hampton, Examiner, January 132004



Budget
cuts hit health and welfare the hardest
S.F.'s general fund would lose $55 million, Newsom says
Katherine Seligman, Rick DelVecchio, San Francisco Chronicle, January 102004



Cities
shocked by cuts
Governor takes money back a month after providing funds
Erin Hallissy, Alan Gathright, San Francisco Chronicle, January 102004

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