From the minutiae to the big picture, members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors discuss aspects of the city’s budget crisis in their own words. Part of the community-funded City Budget Watchdog series.
Mar advocates ‘a people’s budget’ |
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Although San Francisco’s city budget was passed in July, District 1 |
Posted on Sept. 10 2009
‘There needs to be more dialogue’ |
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District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell discusses her views on |
Posted on Aug. 13 2009
‘Lowest-income workers took greatest hit in the budget’ |
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District 11 Supervisor John Avalos addresses community organizing |
Posted on Aug. 4 2009
‘Our side allowed the mayor to get what they wanted’ |
| While "delighted" that the supervisors were able to "extract" $45 million from the budget, District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is still unhappy with the budget process as a whole. |
Posted on July 10 2009
‘Debate between public health vs. safety is a false choice’ |
| District 9 Supervisor David Campos speaks about his approach to tackling the multimillion-dollar budget deficit. |
Posted on July 6 2009
‘Cutbacks are fiscal armageddon’
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| A harsh critic of Mayor Newsom, District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly argues that the mayor’s political allegiances have trumped the needs of the city. |
Posted on June 25 2009
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