Posts Tagged ‘San Carlos Budget Cuts’
City Recommends Police & Fire Cuts, Library Closure. (But it’s not San Carlos…)
…It’s Burlingame. In a stunning announcement yesterday, the City of Burlingame proposed sweeping cuts in its public safety sector, a library closure, and slashing all department budgets as it wrestles to close a significant budget deficit. It’s estimated that these cuts will save the City approximately $2.4M in the current fiscal year, which ends in…
Read MoreLights Out for San Carlos?
Cuts to Public Works Last night, the Transportation and Circulation Commission held a meeting to discuss the cuts that are being proposed by the San Carlos Public Works Department in order to close their portion of the $3.5M budget deficit in San Carlos. There’s an excellent article in the Daily Journal that discusses the meeting…
Read MoreSan Carlos City Council Pushes Turf Through – Budget Battle Next on the Horizon.
Turf Contract Awarded. I attended Monday night’s City Council meeting, which drew a packed house, as pro-turf and anti-turf residents squared off one last time in the Council Chambers. As I’m sure you are aware, after nearly two hours of discussion, the Council voted 4-1 to award the contract to resurface the athletic field at…
Read MoreHow Safe Are We in San Carlos?
San Carlos is known for being a relatively safe community. It’s one of the big reasons that people choose to settle here and raise families — it’s still very much a “bedroom community” that until recently enjoyed relative obscurity. When I used to work in Silicon Valley, most people I talked with had no idea…
Read MoreLocal TV News Features San Carlos Budget Problems.
This week KTVU, one of the predominant bay area news channels, picked up on the story about the ongoing budget battle in San Carlos. They did a nice job touching on the main issues. But I find it a little surprising that the local merchant featured in this article doesn’t mind if there were a…
Read MoreSan Carlos Contemplates Deep Cuts in Police, Fire, and Park Services.
Is all of this talk about budget cuts giving you indigestion? Unfortunately, it’s only just the beginning. In tonight’s San Carlos City Council meeting, the “new” Council (welcome aboard Andy Klein!) will vote on the proposed operating budget reductions that were the decided on earlier this year. These cuts in service and personnel are estimated…
Read MoreLife in San Carlos in the Aftermath of Measure U… and a New Poll.
Life will be very different next year in San Carlos… Such is the sobering reality of life in the City of Good Living. Regardless of how you voted, the failure of Measure U ensures that changes will be taking place in San Carlos next year that will impact each and every one of us in…
Read MoreState Proposition failures spell (more) financial woes for San Carlos…
Sweeping Defeat Means More Cuts Communities throughout California are bracing themselves for the fallout from the resounding defeat of the statewide propositions 1A through 1E on Tuesday. San Carlos city officials are working up numbers on the impact to both the City budget and to the School District, and the preliminary results are not pretty.…
Read MoreSan Carlos faces painful budget decisions…
(Update) 5/14/09 – After two nights of community meetings, the City Council seems inclined to pushing a tax increase as a key element of closing the budget gap. For more details, click on this article in the Daily Journal: San Carlos Tries Selling Tax to Residents. Goal: Fix the $2.7M Shortfall The City Council of…
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