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Supes Work to Protect San Francisco Budget
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 : Under the cloud of Sacramento’s awful budget deal, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the City budget yesterday – knowing state cuts (including a raid on local government funds) will put us right back in the hole. The City Charter gives Gavin Newsom the power to make unilateral mid-year cuts, so the Board debated how to prevent a Mayor – who has dissed the legislative branch for years – from gutting $43.7 million in services they had just restored.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 : Under the cloud of Sacramento’s awful budget deal, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the City budget yesterday – knowing state cuts (including a raid on local government funds) will put us right back in the hole. The City Charter gives Gavin Newsom the power to make unilateral mid-year cuts, so the Board debated how to prevent a Mayor – who has dissed the legislative branch for years – from gutting $43.7 million in services they had just restored.
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