Articles Tagged “budget cuts”
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Crisis in the California Courts
Last year, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, and San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi made statements on the importance of adequate funding for the California courts. Why? Because the California state court system — the largest in the world – is in crisis.
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Parents, Students, Teachers Occupy Oakland School Slated for Closure
In an effort to prevent the closure of elementary schools in the City of Oakland, a group consisting of parents, students and teachers began a sit-in on Friday at Lakeview Elementary school.
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CSU Faculty Union Votes to Strike
“While the university’s top brass get pay hike after pay hike and the Trustees find new and creative ways to give excessive raises to campus presidents, the students and workers suffer,” Senator Leland Yee said.
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Newsom eliminates 300 positions,
layoffs pendingMayor Gavin Newsom File photo by Luke Thomas From the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom April 2, 2008 Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced the elimination of 301 city government positions. These job reductions will save…
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Homelessness coalition protests closure of drop-in center
By Kamala Kelkar March 28, 2008 The Coalition on Homelessness mimicked a 24-hour drop-in center for homeless people today outside of San Francisco’s City Hall to protest its impending closure due to the mayor’s budget…
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California State Assembly
to vote on Severance Tax initiativeTeachers, families, union leaders and elected officials held a rally yesterday in San Francisco to protest education budget cuts proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photos by Luke Thomas By John Han March 12, 2008 The…
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Commission approves cuts in city health services
By Ari Burack March 5, 2008 The San Francisco Health Commission yesterday approved budget cuts to city health services, in an effort to trim down the city’s estimated $233 million budget deficit. FCJ EditorMore Posts
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