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Willard Pool in Berkeley Closes
BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS)- Willard Pool on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley has been shut down due to budget issues. The closure comes as the city council renews city worker memberships at the YMCA. Berkeley...
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Layoffs Likely As San Jose Faces 10th Year Of Budget Shortfalls
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The San Jose City Council started budget discussions Thursday, and it looks like there could very likely be more layoffs and concessions for city workers next year. San Jose Mayor...
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San Francisco Mayor, Unions To Begin Pension Reform Talks
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Formal negotiations begin Thursday between San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and public employee unions to resolve the city’s growing pension and health benefits problem. KCBS’ Barbara...
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San Francisco Pension Reform Proposal Takes Shape
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said the city’s 26,000-plus workers will be the hardest hit by the approach he wants to take to reform San Francisco’s pension and health system. His...
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Fiscal Emergency Declaration Looms For San Jose
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The city of San Jose is getting closer to declaring a fiscal emergency due to rising pension costs. This has the city preparing to put a pension reform measure on next year’s ballot....
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Revised Pension Numbers Shrink San Jose’s Budget Deficit
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – There’s good news to report about San Jose’s budget deficit. San Jose may not have to close libraries and community centers next year because the city’s shortfall has been slashed –...
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Phil Matier: Occupy Oakland Still Costing City Plenty
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The police costs for Occupy Oakland continue to rise. “They’re talking about $3 million and counting,” said KCBS and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier. “Now, there was the original...
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Audit Shows Big Increase In San Francisco’s Overtime Spending
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The new overtime audit issued by San Francisco’s city controller shows overspending by almost 40 percent, spending $23.4 million more on OT than last year. The biggest over...
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SF Supervisors Tackle ‘Discriminatory’ Tax Code For Same-Sex Spouses
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A San Francisco Supervisor is trying to eliminate what he called a discriminatory tax burden for same-sex spouses and domestic partners of city workers. Supervisor Mark Farrell...
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San Jose To Appeal Ruling On City Worker Emails
SAN JOSE(CBS/AP) — San Jose plans to fight a judge’s ruling that could open the emails of thousands of government employees to the public. The City Council voted this week to appeal last month’s...
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Fremont Burglars Posing As City Workers Looking For Snakes
FREMONT (CBS SF) - Burglars are gaining access to residents’ homes by claiming to be animal control officers looking for poisonous snakes, Fremont police said Monday. A resident of Moore Drive...
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‘Snake Scam’ Burglars Slither Into Peninsula Cities
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) — A notorious “snake scam” in which burglars pose as animal control officers to rob homes has slithered its way into San Mateo, Belmont and Burlingame, prompting police there to join...
View ArticleSan Francisco City Workers Banned From Official Travel to South Dakota Over...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has landed on San Francisco’s list of places where city workers aren’t allowed to go on official business because the state passed a law allowing...
View ArticleSF Supes Approve $14 Billion Budget That Includes Funds For COVID-19,...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco nearly $14 billion budget was approved by a 10-1 during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, with Supervisor Catherine Stefani voting against it. When Mayor...
View ArticleSan Francisco City Employees Respond to COVID Vaccine Mandate
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Officials in San Francisco announced this week that all city employees will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but not everyone who works for SF is on board...
View ArticleSan Jose City Workers Angry Over Proposed 3% Pay Raise, Planning To Protest
SAN JOSE (KPIX) – San Jose City Hall remains closed to the public, but workers stayed on the job. “I was working for staff, doing health screening so they could come in and keep the library...
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