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The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Oakland city leaders say no one will be spared the pain as they try to balance an $83 million deficit in the coming fiscal year. Hundreds of city workers will lose their jobs, city offices will shutter, and park maintenance and social services face further cuts.
Mayor Ron Dellums, who has been lobbying in Washington for federal stimulus and grant money to help offset the city's financial losses, will release his budget balancing recommendations next Monday.
Plus this:
the council will seek to have the Oakland police union postpone a scheduled 4 percent raise this year and for members to contribute for the first time in history to their pension benefits.
Imagine that.
