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He just told them the details of Measure B, which includes higher pension payments and puts limits on disability retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To say that somehow my speech to them educating them about their benefits is affecting recruitment is absurd,\" he said. \"This isn't given at recruitment stations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unland did call Measure B a \"terrible, terrible idea\" and blamed it for the destruction at the San Jose Police Department, which has seen officers leaving for other departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unland is now calling for another investigation into whether city officials encouraged Rivas to write the op-ed piece. He noted that Rivas \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26765842/San-Jose-police-union-head-denies-he-urged-recruits-to-quit\" target=\"_blank\">backed off her original statement\u003c/a> that Unland told the cadet class \"it would be better for the department and for us if we would just quit, right then and there,\" telling a Mercury reporter on Monday she could not say if Unland has used the word \"quit\" but insisted that was what he meant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It stinks of a politcal trick,\" Unland said, referring to Reed. \"With less than two weeks before an election, the polls are out. Everyone sees that his guy is losing and I think they're getting desperate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed denies that he or his staff had any contact with Rivas.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"But POA chief, facing allegations that he urged cadets to quit, wants an investigation, too. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1414033900,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":579},"headData":{"title":"San Jose Mayor Calls for Federal Probe of Head of Police Union | KQED","description":"But POA chief, facing allegations that he urged cadets to quit, wants an investigation, too. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Jose Mayor Calls for Federal Probe of Head of Police Union","datePublished":"2014-10-23T15:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2014-10-23T03:11:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"10344834 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10344834","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/23/san-jose-mayor-calls-for-federal-probe-of-head-of-police-union/","disqusTitle":"San Jose Mayor Calls for Federal Probe of Head of Police Union","customPermalink":"2014/10/23/san-jose-mayor-calls-for-probe-of-head-of-police-union/","path":"/news/10344834/san-jose-mayor-calls-for-federal-probe-of-head-of-police-union","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is asking for a federal investigation into allegations that the head of the city's police union is encouraging cadets at the academy to quit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, former San Jose police cadet Elyse Rivas wrote in an \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_26747497/san-jose-police-recruit-union-told-class-quit\" target=\"_blank\">opinion piece\u003c/a> in the San Jose Mercury News that Jim Unland, president of the city's police union, implied that her class should quit. She said he wanted to prove that Measure B -- the city's controversial pension reform measure, championed by Reed -- is causing major problems for the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed said he had been hearing complaints for some time, but the op-ed article prompted the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it is systematically trying to destroy the ability of the department to hire people and retain them, that would certainly be a pretty serious serious matter, and that's why I think the U.S. attorney should look into it,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Weisburg, a criminal law professor at Stanford, said he's never personally seen a case where the allegation is active discouragement of people joining the force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The best I can guess is that he has an idea that federal prosecuters might consider federal criminal charges against leaders of the police union,\" he said. \"And that's an interesting theory, but boy it's really, it's really out there in the chances that it could work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weisberg also said it's possible Reed believes just the threat of an investigation would be enough to have the unions back off their opposition to Measure B, which was approved by voters in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed is also asking the City Council to appoint an independent investigator to look into the same allegations. He is supporting Councilman Sam Liccardo -- who also supports pension reform -- in the San Jose mayoral race. But Reed said the investigation is not politically motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It happens to be Oct. 19 is the date this item was in the newspaper. I'm responding to that bit of information,\" he said. \"We finally have a person who's willing to stand up in public and say what's been going on, and that has prompted this action.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Officers' Association President Jim Unland said he never told anyone to quit. He just told them the details of Measure B, which includes higher pension payments and puts limits on disability retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To say that somehow my speech to them educating them about their benefits is affecting recruitment is absurd,\" he said. \"This isn't given at recruitment stations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unland did call Measure B a \"terrible, terrible idea\" and blamed it for the destruction at the San Jose Police Department, which has seen officers leaving for other departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unland is now calling for another investigation into whether city officials encouraged Rivas to write the op-ed piece. He noted that Rivas \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26765842/San-Jose-police-union-head-denies-he-urged-recruits-to-quit\" target=\"_blank\">backed off her original statement\u003c/a> that Unland told the cadet class \"it would be better for the department and for us if we would just quit, right then and there,\" telling a Mercury reporter on Monday she could not say if Unland has used the word \"quit\" but insisted that was what he meant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It stinks of a politcal trick,\" Unland said, referring to Reed. \"With less than two weeks before an election, the polls are out. Everyone sees that his guy is losing and I think they're getting desperate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed denies that he or his staff had any contact with Rivas.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10344834/san-jose-mayor-calls-for-federal-probe-of-head-of-police-union","authors":["229"],"categories":["news_6188","news_13"],"tags":["news_728","news_908","news_18541","news_667"],"featImg":"news_10344836","label":"news"},"news_148859":{"type":"posts","id":"news_148859","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"148859","score":null,"sort":[1412019034000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"what-to-listen-for-in-tonights-san-jose-mayoral-debate","title":"What to Listen For in Monday Night's San Jose Mayoral Debate","publishDate":1412019034,"format":"aside","headTitle":"California Election Watch 2014 | News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Beth Willon and Joshua Johnson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 546px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/liccardo-cortese.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-148933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/liccardo-cortese.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose mayoral candidates Sam Liccardo, left, and Dave Cortese. \" width=\"546\" height=\"393\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose mayoral candidates Sam Liccardo, left, and Dave Cortese.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>ou would almost think San Jose mayoral candidates Sam Liccardo and Dave Cortese just like to hang out with each other: In the nearly four months since the June primary election, they've met six times to debate the issues facing the Bay Area's biggest city and their visions for handling them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left !important;font-size: 14pt\">\n\u003caside class=\"right\">\u003cstrong>Listen\u003c/strong> to the San Jose mayoral debate and read the wrap-up \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/30/san-jose-mayoral-candidates-liccardo-cortese-go-head-to-head-on-city-issues/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>One thing's very clear as Cortese, who sits on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meets Liccardo, a member of the San Jose City Council, for a seventh time Monday night: They differ sharply on what it will take to keep the city safe and financially stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key questions in the debate, at eBay and moderated by Joshua Johnson of KQED News with KQED Silicon Valley reporter Rachael Myrow: Should San Jose shift course on \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/San_Jose_Pension_Reform,_Measure_B_(June_2012)\" target=\"_blank\">Measure B\u003c/a>, the 2012 City Charter amendment that imposed sweeping changes on public pensions? And what impact has Measure B had on public safety in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Chuck Reed and his City Council allies championed the measure as a crucial step in reining in out-of-control pension costs. The proposal, which required steep new employee pension contributions among many other provisions, won with a 69 percent \"yes\" vote -- and drew \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=3182\" target=\"_blank\">a barrage of lawsuits\u003c/a> from unions and retired city workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last December, a Santa Clara County judge \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25342\" target=\"_blank\">struck down key elements\u003c/a> of the measure, including a provision that would allow the city to impose higher pension contributions for current employees and another that would permit suspension of cost-of-living increases for retirees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates disagree on what to do next. Liccardo, like Reed, supported an appeal of last December's court ruling and said in \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26372865/Sam-Liccardo:-San-Jose-doesnt-need-to-spend-more-money-to-be-safer\" target=\"_blank\">a Mercury News op-ed\u003c/a> piece earlier last month that \"anyone who suggests we should overturn Measure B to improve safety had better identify a way to pay for those retirement costs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese has called for a settlement of the suits and negotiations to bring pension costs under control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26626118/San-Jose-mayors-race-heats-up-as-candidates-battle-over-key-police-issue\" target=\"_blank\">Cortese and Liccardo are also at odds \u003c/a>on the impact Measure B has had on the city's Police Department and on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese argues that Measure B led to an exodus from the department, which has lost hundreds of officers over the last several years, many leaving for jurisdictions with better pay and benefits. That, he says, has led to a spike in violent crime. \u003ca href=\"http://cortesecampaign.com/about-dave/on-the-issues/\" target=\"_blank\">His remedy\u003c/a>: fill 140 unstaffed positions in the Police Department, improve neighborhood policing and gang prevention, and establish collaborative crime-fighting efforts with residents and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo says that budget problems caused by rising pensions, not the ballot proposal, led officers to leave the department and that the loss of staff has been minimal since Measure B's passage. He argues that the city has already made progress in reducing violent crime and that the Police Department can improve its performance -- and public safety -- through smart investments in efficiency and technology such as wearable cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He insists the real risk to the Police Department arises from the threat of fiscal instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, there are other pressing issues in this race. Perhaps the biggest: affordable housing in a place that \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2014/02/26/americas-most-overpriced-cities/\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes named earlier this year as California's most overpriced city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen for Liccardo to detail a housing impact fee levied on developers of new residential construction. Cortese gives a variation on that theme supporting a fee charged to commercial developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And since this debate is taking place at eBay and is hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, you can expect some questions that touch on the technology sector. For instance, how do the candidates plan to stem the tide of tech startups going to the Peninsula and San Francisco instead of San Jose?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has promoted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Twitter-tax-break-cost-city-4-2-million-last-year-5573881.php\" target=\"_blank\">tax breaks\u003c/a> that persuaded fast-growing firms like \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/business/twitter-helps-revive-a-seedy-san-francisco-neighborhood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2013/10/11/square-headquarters/\" target=\"_blank\">Square\u003c/a> to stay in the city. Other established tech companies are choosing to expand on the Peninsula instead of San Jose because, in part, that is where their younger workforce wants to live. Will the candidates have any solutions for making San Jose more appealing to 20-something engineers and scientists?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the divergence on some issues, Liccardo and Dave Cortese personally have a lot in common. Both are Italian-Americans who graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory High School in San Jose and became lawyers. Both are socially progressive Democrats from wealthy, established families.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The biggest issues in meeting between Dave Cortese and Sam Liccardo: pensions and public safety. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1413324712,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":762},"headData":{"title":"What to Listen For in Monday Night's San Jose Mayoral Debate | KQED","description":"The biggest issues in meeting between Dave Cortese and Sam Liccardo: pensions and public safety. 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And what impact has Measure B had on public safety in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Chuck Reed and his City Council allies championed the measure as a crucial step in reining in out-of-control pension costs. The proposal, which required steep new employee pension contributions among many other provisions, won with a 69 percent \"yes\" vote -- and drew \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=3182\" target=\"_blank\">a barrage of lawsuits\u003c/a> from unions and retired city workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last December, a Santa Clara County judge \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25342\" target=\"_blank\">struck down key elements\u003c/a> of the measure, including a provision that would allow the city to impose higher pension contributions for current employees and another that would permit suspension of cost-of-living increases for retirees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates disagree on what to do next. Liccardo, like Reed, supported an appeal of last December's court ruling and said in \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26372865/Sam-Liccardo:-San-Jose-doesnt-need-to-spend-more-money-to-be-safer\" target=\"_blank\">a Mercury News op-ed\u003c/a> piece earlier last month that \"anyone who suggests we should overturn Measure B to improve safety had better identify a way to pay for those retirement costs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese has called for a settlement of the suits and negotiations to bring pension costs under control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26626118/San-Jose-mayors-race-heats-up-as-candidates-battle-over-key-police-issue\" target=\"_blank\">Cortese and Liccardo are also at odds \u003c/a>on the impact Measure B has had on the city's Police Department and on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese argues that Measure B led to an exodus from the department, which has lost hundreds of officers over the last several years, many leaving for jurisdictions with better pay and benefits. That, he says, has led to a spike in violent crime. \u003ca href=\"http://cortesecampaign.com/about-dave/on-the-issues/\" target=\"_blank\">His remedy\u003c/a>: fill 140 unstaffed positions in the Police Department, improve neighborhood policing and gang prevention, and establish collaborative crime-fighting efforts with residents and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo says that budget problems caused by rising pensions, not the ballot proposal, led officers to leave the department and that the loss of staff has been minimal since Measure B's passage. He argues that the city has already made progress in reducing violent crime and that the Police Department can improve its performance -- and public safety -- through smart investments in efficiency and technology such as wearable cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He insists the real risk to the Police Department arises from the threat of fiscal instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, there are other pressing issues in this race. Perhaps the biggest: affordable housing in a place that \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2014/02/26/americas-most-overpriced-cities/\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes named earlier this year as California's most overpriced city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen for Liccardo to detail a housing impact fee levied on developers of new residential construction. Cortese gives a variation on that theme supporting a fee charged to commercial developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And since this debate is taking place at eBay and is hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, you can expect some questions that touch on the technology sector. For instance, how do the candidates plan to stem the tide of tech startups going to the Peninsula and San Francisco instead of San Jose?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has promoted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Twitter-tax-break-cost-city-4-2-million-last-year-5573881.php\" target=\"_blank\">tax breaks\u003c/a> that persuaded fast-growing firms like \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/business/twitter-helps-revive-a-seedy-san-francisco-neighborhood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2013/10/11/square-headquarters/\" target=\"_blank\">Square\u003c/a> to stay in the city. Other established tech companies are choosing to expand on the Peninsula instead of San Jose because, in part, that is where their younger workforce wants to live. Will the candidates have any solutions for making San Jose more appealing to 20-something engineers and scientists?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the divergence on some issues, Liccardo and Dave Cortese personally have a lot in common. Both are Italian-Americans who graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory High School in San Jose and became lawyers. Both are socially progressive Democrats from wealthy, established families.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/148859/what-to-listen-for-in-tonights-san-jose-mayoral-debate","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_6944"],"series":["news_6304"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_728","news_6412","news_908","news_6413","news_18541"],"featImg":"news_148933","label":"news_6944"},"news_148359":{"type":"posts","id":"news_148359","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"148359","score":null,"sort":[1411496866000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-jose-mayor-reed-blasts-xenophobic-racist-email-from-council-candidate","title":"San Jose Mayor Reed Blasts 'Xenophobic, Racist' Email From Council Candidate","publishDate":1411496866,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_95796\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 344px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Chuck-Reed.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-95796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Chuck-Reed.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. (Tom Clifton/Flickr)\" width=\"344\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. (Tom Clifton/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is accusing Assemblyman Paul Fong, running for City Council in District 1, of launching a \"xenophobic and racist\" attack on an opponent's campaign consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter made public Tuesday, Reed blasted Fong for a fundraising email his campaign sent earlier this week. The message targeted Victor Ajlouny, who works for Fong's opponent, Charles \"Chappy\" Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a quote from the email by way of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2014/09/22/paul-fong-miscue/\">Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Ajlouny is a top Republican consultant and Palestinian activist, who served as a high-ranking member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1990s, and is known for his political attacks.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Herhold goes on to report what Ajlouny's background actually is -- and how Fong's campaign got it wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ajlouny, an American of Palestinian descent who has handled local campaigns for years -- including that of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed — said he had never been a member of the PLO, though he had been a member of the Palestinian delegation to a peace conference in Washington D.C. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... Fong’s campaign manager, Dennis Chiu, said he had based the sentence on a Mercury News story from 2009. But that story said only that a high-ranking member of the PLO had asked Ajlouny to serve as an American adviser to Yasser Arafat. \"That was my mistake,\" Chiu said. \"I made the assumption that he was a member of the PLO.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>All of which led to Reed's blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The recent comments from your campaign attempting to invoke anti-Arab sentiments in support of your campaign for City Council are xenophobic and racist and deserve condemnation,\" Reed wrote. He called the message \"an appeal to fear and hate.\" And he also suggested Fong, a member of the Assembly's \u003ca href=\"http://assembly.ca.gov/humanrightsdiversityrace\" target=\"_blank\">Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations\u003c/a>, should reconsider his candidacy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Silicon Valley’s strength is built upon our ability to welcome people from all over the world and to focus on what we have in common, rather than our differences. Attacking people because of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or the origins of their ancestors is an unethical act, which would not be tolerated if you were a member of our San José City Council. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... On July 14th, on behalf of the API Legislative Caucus, you called for a TV show host to resign for xenophobic and racist comments. You should apply the same standards to your own behavior.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Says Assemblyman Paul Fong should quit race after email targeting consultant's Palestinian ancestry.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1411510937,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":426},"headData":{"title":"San Jose Mayor Reed Blasts 'Xenophobic, Racist' Email From Council Candidate | KQED","description":"Says Assemblyman Paul Fong should quit race after email targeting consultant's Palestinian ancestry.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Jose Mayor Reed Blasts 'Xenophobic, Racist' Email From Council Candidate","datePublished":"2014-09-23T18:27:46.000Z","dateModified":"2014-09-23T22:22:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"148359 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=148359","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/23/san-jose-mayor-reed-blasts-xenophobic-racist-email-from-council-candidate/","disqusTitle":"San Jose Mayor Reed Blasts 'Xenophobic, Racist' Email From Council Candidate","path":"/news/148359/san-jose-mayor-reed-blasts-xenophobic-racist-email-from-council-candidate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_95796\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 344px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Chuck-Reed.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-95796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Chuck-Reed.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. (Tom Clifton/Flickr)\" width=\"344\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. (Tom Clifton/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is accusing Assemblyman Paul Fong, running for City Council in District 1, of launching a \"xenophobic and racist\" attack on an opponent's campaign consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter made public Tuesday, Reed blasted Fong for a fundraising email his campaign sent earlier this week. The message targeted Victor Ajlouny, who works for Fong's opponent, Charles \"Chappy\" Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a quote from the email by way of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2014/09/22/paul-fong-miscue/\">Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Ajlouny is a top Republican consultant and Palestinian activist, who served as a high-ranking member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1990s, and is known for his political attacks.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Herhold goes on to report what Ajlouny's background actually is -- and how Fong's campaign got it wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ajlouny, an American of Palestinian descent who has handled local campaigns for years -- including that of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed — said he had never been a member of the PLO, though he had been a member of the Palestinian delegation to a peace conference in Washington D.C. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... Fong’s campaign manager, Dennis Chiu, said he had based the sentence on a Mercury News story from 2009. But that story said only that a high-ranking member of the PLO had asked Ajlouny to serve as an American adviser to Yasser Arafat. \"That was my mistake,\" Chiu said. \"I made the assumption that he was a member of the PLO.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>All of which led to Reed's blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The recent comments from your campaign attempting to invoke anti-Arab sentiments in support of your campaign for City Council are xenophobic and racist and deserve condemnation,\" Reed wrote. He called the message \"an appeal to fear and hate.\" And he also suggested Fong, a member of the Assembly's \u003ca href=\"http://assembly.ca.gov/humanrightsdiversityrace\" target=\"_blank\">Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations\u003c/a>, should reconsider his candidacy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Silicon Valley’s strength is built upon our ability to welcome people from all over the world and to focus on what we have in common, rather than our differences. Attacking people because of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or the origins of their ancestors is an unethical act, which would not be tolerated if you were a member of our San José City Council. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... On July 14th, on behalf of the API Legislative Caucus, you called for a TV show host to resign for xenophobic and racist comments. You should apply the same standards to your own behavior.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/148359/san-jose-mayor-reed-blasts-xenophobic-racist-email-from-council-candidate","authors":["222"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_728","news_18541"],"featImg":"news_95796","label":"news_6944"},"news_90819":{"type":"posts","id":"news_90819","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"90819","score":null,"sort":[1362609267000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose","title":"Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose","publishDate":1362609267,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city's prospects, according to a new opinion poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the opposite feeling, and 12 percent who can't decide, Survey USA reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings contrast with San Francisco, where 59 percent think the city is on the right track, and San Jose, where 54 percent share that optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_90825\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose/mayor-jean-quan-holds-press-conference-on-occupy-oakland-protests-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90825\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90825\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/Jean-Quan-Howard-Jordan-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police chief Howard Jordan (L) and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pause during a press conference about Occupy Oakland in 2011, a low point in Quan's approval ratings. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held a press conference to address police action taken on Occupy protesters who staged a demonstration in downtown Oakland. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police chief Howard Jordan (L) and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pause during a press conference about Occupy Oakland in 2011, a low point in Quan's approval ratings. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held a press conference to address police action taken on Occupy protesters who staged a demonstration in downtown Oakland. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll was commissioned by KPIX-TV in San Francisco, and you can get \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/04/kpix-5-poll-oakland-residents-overwhelmingly-fear-crime-skeptical-of-city-leadership/\">complete results\u003c/a> on its website. Survey takers sampled 500 adults in each town, mostly over the telephone but some through electronic questionnaires. The margin of error was +/4.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents gave their mayors ratings that corresponded to their outlooks on their cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, for example, 55 percent approved of Mayor Chuck Reed. Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco got a 61 percent approval rating. But Oakland's Jean Quan scored only a 23 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disapproval of Quan cut across ideology, education and income, though the poorer and less educated residents of Oakland liked her best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed got the best rating from political conservatives, three quarters of whom liked his work. Lee's ratings were fairly even across demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of the three cities worried about different issues. In Oakland, 71 percent feared crime, dwarfing the next biggest concern, jobs/economy, which got only a 10 percent share there.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\nOakland is hosting a series of public meetings about public safety and will have one Wednesday, March 6, 6-9 p.m. in the City Council chambers, Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland.\n\u003cp>Another will take place Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. -1 p.m. (in Police District 3) at West Oakland Middle School, 991 14th Street, Oakland.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Oakland and San Jose have both struggled with rising crime rates. Oakland had \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak039293.pdf\">126 murders\u003c/a> in 2012, up from 90 in 2010. Burglaries have also increased sharply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjpd.org/CrimeStats/crimestats.html\">San Jose\u003c/a> both have lower murder rates, but San Jose saw an increase in burglary and murder from 2010 to 2011, the most recent years for which the city has published statistics on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan made crime a focus of her \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=81718ed9-d3ee-1030-a72d-f86303e77ec0\">State of the City address\u003c/a> on Feb. 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the city's economy is improving, but it could take a \"boom\" to afford the goal of hiring 200 more police officers over the next five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do such number portend for Quan's reelection prospects?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22724671/oakland-crime-takes-bite-out-mayor-jean-quans\">Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> offered this insight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For Quan, the polling results wasn't as bad as the 78 percent negative rating she had shortly after the Occupy Oakland fiasco in late 2011. But it does show an overall deterioration of support since last spring when a poll conducted by Oakland-based political consultant Larry Tramutola found that 41 percent of voters viewed the mayor favorably and 51 percent viewed her unfavorably. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there's a bright side for Quan, it's that Oakland has few big name political figures, and no prominent public figure has stepped forward to challenge her in 2014. Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who has won two citywide elections, said last year that she won't challenge Quan for mayor.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, 34 percent of those surveyed were also most worried about crime, while 17 percent focused on the cost of owning a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, though, housing issues came first, with 28 percent listing the cost of a home as their biggest worry, while 18 percent were preoccupied by the related issue of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a bonus question for San Francisco, the poll takers found that 59 percent of citizens there favor building an arena for the Golden State Warriors at Piers 30-32. They didn't ask Oaklanders how they felt about losing their basketball team to the city across the bay.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475100,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":715},"headData":{"title":"Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose | KQED","description":"Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city's prospects, according to a new opinion poll. Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the opposite feeling, and 12 percent who can't decide, Survey USA reported. The findings contrast with","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose","datePublished":"2013-03-06T22:34:27.000Z","dateModified":"2014-04-26T01:18:20.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"90819 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=90819","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose/","disqusTitle":"Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose","path":"/news/90819/residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city's prospects, according to a new opinion poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the opposite feeling, and 12 percent who can't decide, Survey USA reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings contrast with San Francisco, where 59 percent think the city is on the right track, and San Jose, where 54 percent share that optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_90825\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose/mayor-jean-quan-holds-press-conference-on-occupy-oakland-protests-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90825\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90825\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/Jean-Quan-Howard-Jordan-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police chief Howard Jordan (L) and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pause during a press conference about Occupy Oakland in 2011, a low point in Quan's approval ratings. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held a press conference to address police action taken on Occupy protesters who staged a demonstration in downtown Oakland. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police chief Howard Jordan (L) and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pause during a press conference about Occupy Oakland in 2011, a low point in Quan's approval ratings. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held a press conference to address police action taken on Occupy protesters who staged a demonstration in downtown Oakland. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll was commissioned by KPIX-TV in San Francisco, and you can get \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/04/kpix-5-poll-oakland-residents-overwhelmingly-fear-crime-skeptical-of-city-leadership/\">complete results\u003c/a> on its website. Survey takers sampled 500 adults in each town, mostly over the telephone but some through electronic questionnaires. The margin of error was +/4.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents gave their mayors ratings that corresponded to their outlooks on their cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, for example, 55 percent approved of Mayor Chuck Reed. Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco got a 61 percent approval rating. But Oakland's Jean Quan scored only a 23 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disapproval of Quan cut across ideology, education and income, though the poorer and less educated residents of Oakland liked her best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed got the best rating from political conservatives, three quarters of whom liked his work. Lee's ratings were fairly even across demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of the three cities worried about different issues. In Oakland, 71 percent feared crime, dwarfing the next biggest concern, jobs/economy, which got only a 10 percent share there.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\nOakland is hosting a series of public meetings about public safety and will have one Wednesday, March 6, 6-9 p.m. in the City Council chambers, Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland.\n\u003cp>Another will take place Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. -1 p.m. (in Police District 3) at West Oakland Middle School, 991 14th Street, Oakland.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Oakland and San Jose have both struggled with rising crime rates. Oakland had \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak039293.pdf\">126 murders\u003c/a> in 2012, up from 90 in 2010. Burglaries have also increased sharply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjpd.org/CrimeStats/crimestats.html\">San Jose\u003c/a> both have lower murder rates, but San Jose saw an increase in burglary and murder from 2010 to 2011, the most recent years for which the city has published statistics on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan made crime a focus of her \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=81718ed9-d3ee-1030-a72d-f86303e77ec0\">State of the City address\u003c/a> on Feb. 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the city's economy is improving, but it could take a \"boom\" to afford the goal of hiring 200 more police officers over the next five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do such number portend for Quan's reelection prospects?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22724671/oakland-crime-takes-bite-out-mayor-jean-quans\">Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> offered this insight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For Quan, the polling results wasn't as bad as the 78 percent negative rating she had shortly after the Occupy Oakland fiasco in late 2011. But it does show an overall deterioration of support since last spring when a poll conducted by Oakland-based political consultant Larry Tramutola found that 41 percent of voters viewed the mayor favorably and 51 percent viewed her unfavorably. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there's a bright side for Quan, it's that Oakland has few big name political figures, and no prominent public figure has stepped forward to challenge her in 2014. Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who has won two citywide elections, said last year that she won't challenge Quan for mayor.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, 34 percent of those surveyed were also most worried about crime, while 17 percent focused on the cost of owning a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, though, housing issues came first, with 28 percent listing the cost of a home as their biggest worry, while 18 percent were preoccupied by the related issue of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a bonus question for San Francisco, the poll takers found that 59 percent of citizens there favor building an arena for the Golden State Warriors at Piers 30-32. They didn't ask Oaklanders how they felt about losing their basketball team to the city across the bay.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/90819/residents-more-gloomy-in-oakland-than-san-francisco-san-jose","authors":["1367"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6266","news_6188"],"tags":["news_728","news_543","news_204","news_18","news_3211","news_38","news_18541","news_3210"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_40879":{"type":"posts","id":"news_40879","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"40879","score":null,"sort":[1316814946000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"just-how-bad-is-san-joses-budget-situation-really","title":"Just How Bad is San Jose's Budget Situation, Really? ","publishDate":1316814946,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40888\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamboman/261375741/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-40888\" title=\"sanjosecityhallSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanjosecityhallSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose City Hall (Photo: Rainer Hungershausen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday of this week, one could read an \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18940474?nclick_check=1\">account of the previous day's San Jose City Council meeting\u003c/a> in the Mercury News that started this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Every San Jose branch library shuttered. All city community center programs shut down. No more school crossing guards or park rangers. Even fewer cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will likely be the reality for San Jose residents next summer if city officials don't raise taxes or trim employee pensions and perks, city administrators told San Jose's elected leaders Tuesday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It doesn't take much reading of the news these days to realize what a dearth of dollars persists in local, state, and federal government. But as sky-is-falling scenarios are frequently advanced on both sides of any political issue, you always wonder just how much currency to give particularly bleak narratives like the one purveyed here. Further down in the Merc article, for example, you get this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(T)he early budget look was also a strategic move by Mayor Chuck Reed to shore up support for his controversial pension reform proposals -- which he says are critical in preventing San Jose from sliding into \"service-level insolvency.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So I asked longtime San Jose political reporter Janice Rombeck, editor and publisher of KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.neighborwebsjdev.com/\">\u003cstrong>NeighborWebSJ\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, just how seriously she was taking the dire predictions of severe cuts for fiscal year 2012-13 that are even more dire than those already enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very seriously, it turns out... \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an edited transcript of my interview with her:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happened at the City Council meeting Tuesday?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city budget director painted three pretty grim scenarios. The first was if no new revenue comes in and if the fiscal reforms that Mayor Chuck Reed has proposed don't get enacted. This is what the city is facing under that scenario: all libraries closed, all community centers closed or leased out to private directors, more police officers cut, no improvement done to city streets, maintenance and parks outsourced or just not done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Manager Deb Figone said \"this is no way to run a city of a million people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">There was a push to sound the alarm and let people know this is for real, this is not political posturing.\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Is this just political posturing or do these numbers really add up? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the numbers are real.This is much earlier than they usually start on budget projections. I think it's because the outlook is grim, but also because they want support for these fiscal reforms, including the reduction of pension costs, the main expense that is driving these deficits. And they want to go to the ballot box probably not in June but maybe November 2012, to get a city charter change so that they can reduce pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If they get these pension reforms, the draconian cuts need not take place? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There probably will still be cuts in the short term because some of these cost savings won't be realized until later on, but it won't be as dramatic as portrayed in scenario 1. But the city is still facing cuts beyond what we've had here before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the status of Reed's pension reform plan? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The city has run out of options.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Most of it still needs to be negotiated with the 11 unions that make up city employees. That will be the difficult part. The ballot measure will allow the city to impose reductions in benefits if it can't be negotiated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city cut benefits and salaries of city employees by 10% last year, to help close the deficit in the current budget. But the Police Officers Association has filed a complaint. They want the cut to be for just one year; the city wants the cuts to be ongoing. That's in arbitration right now, and it could be devastating to the budget if the arbitrator comes back and says the city can't impose it again next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How does the public feel about pension reform?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public is supportive of pension reform. But there was a lot of discussion at the council meeting about the public not understanding the reality of what the city is facing, and among some of the councilmembers there was a push to sound the alarm and let people know this is for real, this is not political posturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been pushback from some parts of the community who say the numbers are wrong, the actuarials are wrong, and the pension estimates and the costs are wrong. Independent auditors and insurance experts have said that's not true, these costs are going to escalate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>It used to be journalists were kind of skeptical about early projections...That's not the case anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The city has run out of options. They don’t' feel they can cut any more employees and continue to run the government and city services. They are going to try to increase the sales tax; they just passed a medicinal marijuana ordinance that will bring in additional revenue, maybe a couple of million dollars. They're looking under every nook and cranny. But it's just not popular to raise taxes in a recessionary economy in which people are hurting and out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the other result of this is that residents are going to have to do a lot more that they have been relying on the city to do. Graffiti removal is one -- the city relies on volunteers to do that. It's not going to be business as usual in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It used to be that journalists were kind of skeptical about early projections. There always seemed to be a little bit of crying wolf. Then when budget time came around they'd come up with the money. But I don't see that; that's not the case anymore. These are real numbers and real tough decisions that are going to have to be made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've already seen it in this current budget: the anti-gang task force, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.strongneighborhoods.org/\">Strong Neighborhoods\u003c/a> initiative, anti-graffiti and anti-litter programs that are nationally known and have been held up as models for providing city services have been decimated or at least drastically cut. There are no sacred cows, there are no easy ways to balance this budge anymore.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=5314\">watch an archive of Tuesday's City Council meeting\u003c/a> at the San Jose web site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Sep 27\u003c/em> Janice Krombeck received this email from Mayor Reed's office today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(We) want to point out...that the Mayor, and many of his colleagues on the Council, are currently targeting a March 2012 special election for\u003cbr>\nfiscal reforms (not June or November). If we get voter approval in March, we'll have just enough time to implement the pension changes in time to achieve savings in FY 12-13. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've been trying to do our best to make sure the media (and through them, our employees and the public) are aware of the timeline we're working on. Esp. since the whole reason for doing this is to try\u003cbr>\nand get the savings needed to avoid those devastating impacts next June.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1317143424,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1213},"headData":{"title":"Just How Bad is San Jose's Budget Situation, Really? | KQED","description":"On Wednesday of this week, one could read an account of the previous day's San Jose City Council meeting in the Mercury News that started this way: Every San Jose branch library shuttered. All city community center programs shut down. No more school crossing guards or park rangers. Even fewer cops. 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","path":"/news/40879/just-how-bad-is-san-joses-budget-situation-really","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40888\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamboman/261375741/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-40888\" title=\"sanjosecityhallSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanjosecityhallSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose City Hall (Photo: Rainer Hungershausen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday of this week, one could read an \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18940474?nclick_check=1\">account of the previous day's San Jose City Council meeting\u003c/a> in the Mercury News that started this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Every San Jose branch library shuttered. All city community center programs shut down. No more school crossing guards or park rangers. Even fewer cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will likely be the reality for San Jose residents next summer if city officials don't raise taxes or trim employee pensions and perks, city administrators told San Jose's elected leaders Tuesday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It doesn't take much reading of the news these days to realize what a dearth of dollars persists in local, state, and federal government. But as sky-is-falling scenarios are frequently advanced on both sides of any political issue, you always wonder just how much currency to give particularly bleak narratives like the one purveyed here. Further down in the Merc article, for example, you get this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(T)he early budget look was also a strategic move by Mayor Chuck Reed to shore up support for his controversial pension reform proposals -- which he says are critical in preventing San Jose from sliding into \"service-level insolvency.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So I asked longtime San Jose political reporter Janice Rombeck, editor and publisher of KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.neighborwebsjdev.com/\">\u003cstrong>NeighborWebSJ\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, just how seriously she was taking the dire predictions of severe cuts for fiscal year 2012-13 that are even more dire than those already enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very seriously, it turns out... \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an edited transcript of my interview with her:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happened at the City Council meeting Tuesday?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city budget director painted three pretty grim scenarios. The first was if no new revenue comes in and if the fiscal reforms that Mayor Chuck Reed has proposed don't get enacted. This is what the city is facing under that scenario: all libraries closed, all community centers closed or leased out to private directors, more police officers cut, no improvement done to city streets, maintenance and parks outsourced or just not done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Manager Deb Figone said \"this is no way to run a city of a million people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">There was a push to sound the alarm and let people know this is for real, this is not political posturing.\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Is this just political posturing or do these numbers really add up? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the numbers are real.This is much earlier than they usually start on budget projections. I think it's because the outlook is grim, but also because they want support for these fiscal reforms, including the reduction of pension costs, the main expense that is driving these deficits. And they want to go to the ballot box probably not in June but maybe November 2012, to get a city charter change so that they can reduce pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If they get these pension reforms, the draconian cuts need not take place? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There probably will still be cuts in the short term because some of these cost savings won't be realized until later on, but it won't be as dramatic as portrayed in scenario 1. But the city is still facing cuts beyond what we've had here before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the status of Reed's pension reform plan? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The city has run out of options.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Most of it still needs to be negotiated with the 11 unions that make up city employees. That will be the difficult part. The ballot measure will allow the city to impose reductions in benefits if it can't be negotiated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city cut benefits and salaries of city employees by 10% last year, to help close the deficit in the current budget. But the Police Officers Association has filed a complaint. They want the cut to be for just one year; the city wants the cuts to be ongoing. That's in arbitration right now, and it could be devastating to the budget if the arbitrator comes back and says the city can't impose it again next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How does the public feel about pension reform?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public is supportive of pension reform. But there was a lot of discussion at the council meeting about the public not understanding the reality of what the city is facing, and among some of the councilmembers there was a push to sound the alarm and let people know this is for real, this is not political posturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been pushback from some parts of the community who say the numbers are wrong, the actuarials are wrong, and the pension estimates and the costs are wrong. Independent auditors and insurance experts have said that's not true, these costs are going to escalate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>It used to be journalists were kind of skeptical about early projections...That's not the case anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The city has run out of options. They don’t' feel they can cut any more employees and continue to run the government and city services. They are going to try to increase the sales tax; they just passed a medicinal marijuana ordinance that will bring in additional revenue, maybe a couple of million dollars. They're looking under every nook and cranny. But it's just not popular to raise taxes in a recessionary economy in which people are hurting and out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the other result of this is that residents are going to have to do a lot more that they have been relying on the city to do. Graffiti removal is one -- the city relies on volunteers to do that. It's not going to be business as usual in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It used to be that journalists were kind of skeptical about early projections. There always seemed to be a little bit of crying wolf. Then when budget time came around they'd come up with the money. But I don't see that; that's not the case anymore. These are real numbers and real tough decisions that are going to have to be made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've already seen it in this current budget: the anti-gang task force, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.strongneighborhoods.org/\">Strong Neighborhoods\u003c/a> initiative, anti-graffiti and anti-litter programs that are nationally known and have been held up as models for providing city services have been decimated or at least drastically cut. There are no sacred cows, there are no easy ways to balance this budge anymore.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=5314\">watch an archive of Tuesday's City Council meeting\u003c/a> at the San Jose web site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Sep 27\u003c/em> Janice Krombeck received this email from Mayor Reed's office today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(We) want to point out...that the Mayor, and many of his colleagues on the Council, are currently targeting a March 2012 special election for\u003cbr>\nfiscal reforms (not June or November). If we get voter approval in March, we'll have just enough time to implement the pension changes in time to achieve savings in FY 12-13. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've been trying to do our best to make sure the media (and through them, our employees and the public) are aware of the timeline we're working on. Esp. since the whole reason for doing this is to try\u003cbr>\nand get the savings needed to avoid those devastating impacts next June.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/40879/just-how-bad-is-san-joses-budget-situation-really","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"tags":["news_728","news_152","news_118","news_18541","news_1887","news_1268"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_31783":{"type":"posts","id":"news_31783","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"31783","score":null,"sort":[1308751264000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"morning-splash-161","title":"Morning Splash: Bay Area Heat Advisory; AG Harris' 'Serious' Concerns on SJ Pension Proposal","publishDate":1308751264,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-567\" title=\"coffee \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2010/10/89687195-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BAJR1K0NT0.DTL&type=newsbayarea\">Heat advisory declared for Bay Area\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Bay Area through 8 p.m. tonight, saying temperatures could reach triple digits in some places. The advisory covers Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties in addition to the Bay Area. Locations in the North and East Bay valleys could reach 100, while spots in southern Monterey County are predicted to reach 104, said Diana Henderson of the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/22/3718479/john-chiangs-pay-blockage-upends.html\">John Chiang's pay blockage upends budget talks\u003c/a> (Sacramento Bee)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Controller John Chiang has blocked pay for lawmakers, putting state budget negotiations into uncharted territory and upping the pressure on legislative leaders to strike a deal. Chiang rejected his own party's spending plan as insufficient to satisfy a voter-approved law requiring timely budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18327096\">Attorney general cites 'serious' concerns about San Jose pension proposal\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed's proposal to declare a fiscal state of emergency and seek a ballot measure to trim employee pensions raises \"serious\" legal concerns, the office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris says. The attorney general's assessment was in a preliminary response to a joint letter last month questioning Reed's proposal by state Assemblymen Paul Fong, D-Mountain View; Luis Alejo, D-Salinas; Richard Gordon, D-Los Altos; and Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont...Reed, however, said the attorney general seemed to misinterpret the proposal. He said the city isn't attempting to use the Emergency Services Act or unilaterally alter contracts with employees, with whom the city is negotiating on the matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327143\">Oakland names San Jose deputy manager as new city administrator\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Council members announced the appointment Monday of a San Jose deputy city manager as Oakland's new city administrator. The appointment of Deanna Santana was announced after a closed council session Monday night. Mayor Jean Quan has been searching for a city administrator since her election in November. Former Fire Chief Lamont Ewell has been serving in an interim capacity since March when former City Administrator Dan Lindheim left the position.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18327247\">San Jose City Council hikes parking rates at downtown garages\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The San Jose City Council on Tuesday voted to raise downtown parking rates at city-owned garages by as much as 33 percent, in addition to eliminating some of the free parking that downtown visitors have come to expect. But the bad news for many -- including retailers worried that the increases will deter people from visiting the city's core -- was tempered by some last-minute modifications to proposed hikes unveiled last month.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BAJF1K0V8F.DTL&type=newsbayarea\">US Airways let man wearing women's panties fly\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began because he tried to board a US Airways jet with sagging pants, a man who was wearing little but women's undergarments was allowed to fly the airline, a US Airways spokeswoman conceded Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327873\">New documents confirm PG&E crews installed pipeline that exploded in San Bruno, killing eight\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Answering a central question surrounding the San Bruno natural gas explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in September, newly released documents show that PG&E employees, not outside contractors, installed the compromised pipeline as part of a construction job 55 years ago...\"People are going to want to know where else in the PG&E pipeline system did this particular crew work,\" said Mark Toney, executive director of TURN, The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BA1P1K0OMO.DTL&tsp=1\">Circumcisions: Jewish, Muslim groups oppose ban\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...Local chapters of the Jewish Community Relations Council and Anti-Defamation League are teaming up with a couple of practicing Jewish and Muslim families to file a lawsuit demanding that San Francisco's elections director remove the highly publicized circumcision ban from the November ballot. The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed today in San Francisco Superior Court, argues that circumcision is a common medical procedure regulated by state law - and that it has no business being decided by city voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BUN41K0MFL.DTL\">1st Fresh & Easy market opens in S.F.\u003c/a> (Andrew S. Ross, SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The city's first Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market opens this morning on 32nd Avenue at Clement Street in the Outer Richmond. Neighborhood residents should have already received their $5 coupon in the mail, and the promise of \"wholesome food, not whole paycheck,\" a cheeky dig at you-know-who, whose nearest San Francisco store is at California and Franklin streets, in Pacific Heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327865\">FEMA denies Santa Cruz County storm relief request\u003c/a> (Santa Cruz Sentinel)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday denied the state's request for a major disaster declaration - and accompanying financial assistance - in connection with storms that pelted California in March, causing $17 million in flooding, mudslides and road repairs countywide. In a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate said the agency determined, based on National Weather Service reports, that three separate storms occurred between March 15-27, impacting different portions of California at different times. The letter says the storms \"were not severe, continuous and were not beyond the combined capabilities of the state and affected local governments.\" Local officials couldn't disagree more.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327685\">Richmond council voices displeasure with redistricting process\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Alarmed at the prospect of being lumped into a congressional district that also includes Oakland and Berkeley, the City Council adopted a resolution Tuesday opposing the change. The state redistricting commission has come up with a legislative map that shifts Richmond out of the district held by Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez -- who has represented the city since 1975 -- into the Oakland-based district of Rep. Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/MNT31K0O4K.DTL&tsp=1\">Californians oppose new nuclear plants, poll finds\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Support for building more nuclear reactors in California has tumbled dramatically since the catastrophic tsunami and accompanying nuclear meltdown in Japan earlier this year, researchers at the Field Poll found in a survey released today. Nevertheless, the survey also showed a majority of voters think California's existing nuclear facilities are safe and most of those who stated an opinion oppose phasing them out\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/cal-bears/ci_18323840\">Cal Bears stay alive in College World Series\u003c/a> (Bay Area News Group)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(The) Bears parlayed effective pitching, aggressive baserunning and unlikely hitting heroes into a 7-3 victory over Texas A&M on Tuesday. That earned Cal a Thursday encore in the losers' bracket against Virginia and ended the Aggies' season. Virginia beat Cal 4-1 in the opener Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18324554\">Pandora's stock plunge could mean trouble for Silicon Valley IPOs\u003c/a> (Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A week after Pandora's IPO, the euphoria has worn off. Investors seemed exuberant about the stock leading up to the IPO, and that led to a big first day of trading. And then ... splat! The stock hit a wall on the second day of trading as analysts set shockingly low price targets for the stock and investors made a hasty retreat.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110621/ARTICLES/110629883/1350?Title=Sonoma-Marin-Fair-gets-ready-to-go\">Sonoma-Marin Fair gets ready to go\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(H)ustling hogs are one small part of the 72nd annual event, which runs through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Petaluma. The fair also boasts rides, food-sellers and vendors as well as concerts by acts like Rick Springfield, Tower of Power and The Charlie Daniels Band.\u003cbr>\nThere is also a Demolition Derby, demonstrations by 10 chefs, a text messaging competition and the 23rd Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1308751969,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":1269},"headData":{"title":"Morning Splash: Bay Area Heat Advisory; AG Harris' 'Serious' Concerns on SJ Pension Proposal | KQED","description":"Heat advisory declared for Bay Area (SF Chronicle) The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Bay Area through 8 p.m. tonight, saying temperatures could reach triple digits in some places. 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The advisory covers Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties in addition to the Bay Area. Locations in the North and East Bay valleys could reach 100, while spots in southern Monterey County are predicted to reach 104, said Diana Henderson of the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/22/3718479/john-chiangs-pay-blockage-upends.html\">John Chiang's pay blockage upends budget talks\u003c/a> (Sacramento Bee)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Controller John Chiang has blocked pay for lawmakers, putting state budget negotiations into uncharted territory and upping the pressure on legislative leaders to strike a deal. Chiang rejected his own party's spending plan as insufficient to satisfy a voter-approved law requiring timely budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18327096\">Attorney general cites 'serious' concerns about San Jose pension proposal\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed's proposal to declare a fiscal state of emergency and seek a ballot measure to trim employee pensions raises \"serious\" legal concerns, the office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris says. The attorney general's assessment was in a preliminary response to a joint letter last month questioning Reed's proposal by state Assemblymen Paul Fong, D-Mountain View; Luis Alejo, D-Salinas; Richard Gordon, D-Los Altos; and Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont...Reed, however, said the attorney general seemed to misinterpret the proposal. He said the city isn't attempting to use the Emergency Services Act or unilaterally alter contracts with employees, with whom the city is negotiating on the matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327143\">Oakland names San Jose deputy manager as new city administrator\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Council members announced the appointment Monday of a San Jose deputy city manager as Oakland's new city administrator. The appointment of Deanna Santana was announced after a closed council session Monday night. Mayor Jean Quan has been searching for a city administrator since her election in November. Former Fire Chief Lamont Ewell has been serving in an interim capacity since March when former City Administrator Dan Lindheim left the position.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18327247\">San Jose City Council hikes parking rates at downtown garages\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The San Jose City Council on Tuesday voted to raise downtown parking rates at city-owned garages by as much as 33 percent, in addition to eliminating some of the free parking that downtown visitors have come to expect. But the bad news for many -- including retailers worried that the increases will deter people from visiting the city's core -- was tempered by some last-minute modifications to proposed hikes unveiled last month.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BAJF1K0V8F.DTL&type=newsbayarea\">US Airways let man wearing women's panties fly\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began because he tried to board a US Airways jet with sagging pants, a man who was wearing little but women's undergarments was allowed to fly the airline, a US Airways spokeswoman conceded Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327873\">New documents confirm PG&E crews installed pipeline that exploded in San Bruno, killing eight\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Answering a central question surrounding the San Bruno natural gas explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in September, newly released documents show that PG&E employees, not outside contractors, installed the compromised pipeline as part of a construction job 55 years ago...\"People are going to want to know where else in the PG&E pipeline system did this particular crew work,\" said Mark Toney, executive director of TURN, The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BA1P1K0OMO.DTL&tsp=1\">Circumcisions: Jewish, Muslim groups oppose ban\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...Local chapters of the Jewish Community Relations Council and Anti-Defamation League are teaming up with a couple of practicing Jewish and Muslim families to file a lawsuit demanding that San Francisco's elections director remove the highly publicized circumcision ban from the November ballot. The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed today in San Francisco Superior Court, argues that circumcision is a common medical procedure regulated by state law - and that it has no business being decided by city voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/BUN41K0MFL.DTL\">1st Fresh & Easy market opens in S.F.\u003c/a> (Andrew S. Ross, SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The city's first Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market opens this morning on 32nd Avenue at Clement Street in the Outer Richmond. Neighborhood residents should have already received their $5 coupon in the mail, and the promise of \"wholesome food, not whole paycheck,\" a cheeky dig at you-know-who, whose nearest San Francisco store is at California and Franklin streets, in Pacific Heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327865\">FEMA denies Santa Cruz County storm relief request\u003c/a> (Santa Cruz Sentinel)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday denied the state's request for a major disaster declaration - and accompanying financial assistance - in connection with storms that pelted California in March, causing $17 million in flooding, mudslides and road repairs countywide. In a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate said the agency determined, based on National Weather Service reports, that three separate storms occurred between March 15-27, impacting different portions of California at different times. The letter says the storms \"were not severe, continuous and were not beyond the combined capabilities of the state and affected local governments.\" Local officials couldn't disagree more.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18327685\">Richmond council voices displeasure with redistricting process\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Alarmed at the prospect of being lumped into a congressional district that also includes Oakland and Berkeley, the City Council adopted a resolution Tuesday opposing the change. The state redistricting commission has come up with a legislative map that shifts Richmond out of the district held by Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez -- who has represented the city since 1975 -- into the Oakland-based district of Rep. Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/22/MNT31K0O4K.DTL&tsp=1\">Californians oppose new nuclear plants, poll finds\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Support for building more nuclear reactors in California has tumbled dramatically since the catastrophic tsunami and accompanying nuclear meltdown in Japan earlier this year, researchers at the Field Poll found in a survey released today. Nevertheless, the survey also showed a majority of voters think California's existing nuclear facilities are safe and most of those who stated an opinion oppose phasing them out\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/cal-bears/ci_18323840\">Cal Bears stay alive in College World Series\u003c/a> (Bay Area News Group)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(The) Bears parlayed effective pitching, aggressive baserunning and unlikely hitting heroes into a 7-3 victory over Texas A&M on Tuesday. That earned Cal a Thursday encore in the losers' bracket against Virginia and ended the Aggies' season. Virginia beat Cal 4-1 in the opener Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18324554\">Pandora's stock plunge could mean trouble for Silicon Valley IPOs\u003c/a> (Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A week after Pandora's IPO, the euphoria has worn off. Investors seemed exuberant about the stock leading up to the IPO, and that led to a big first day of trading. And then ... splat! The stock hit a wall on the second day of trading as analysts set shockingly low price targets for the stock and investors made a hasty retreat.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110621/ARTICLES/110629883/1350?Title=Sonoma-Marin-Fair-gets-ready-to-go\">Sonoma-Marin Fair gets ready to go\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(H)ustling hogs are one small part of the 72nd annual event, which runs through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Petaluma. The fair also boasts rides, food-sellers and vendors as well as concerts by acts like Rick Springfield, Tower of Power and The Charlie Daniels Band.\u003cbr>\nThere is also a Demolition Derby, demonstrations by 10 chefs, a text messaging competition and the 23rd Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/31783/morning-splash-161","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_728","news_61","news_19379"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_31613":{"type":"posts","id":"news_31613","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"31613","score":null,"sort":[1308665360000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"morning-splash-160","title":"Morning Splash: Big Fine for PG&E; SJ's Reed Delays Pension Reform Bid; DiFi Support Dives","publishDate":1308665360,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-567\" title=\"coffee \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2010/10/89687195-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNV01K0AL8.DTL\">$26 million fine for PG&E in Sacramento area blast\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California's pipeline regulators intend to levy a $26 million fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for federal and state safety violations that the company committed in connection with a fatal explosion in a Sacramento suburb in 2008, state officials said Monday. The fine, which the company has agreed to, would be the second-largest ever against a California utility. It is subject to approval by the state Public Utilities Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18319278\">San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed delays fall ballot measure aimed at fiscal, pension reform\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who planned to seek the City Council's blessing Friday to declare a fiscal emergency and agree on language for a fall ballot measure aimed at fiscal and pension reforms, announced Monday that he is delaying action on both until at least early August. He also said he will hold off on a ballot election until at least March 2012. The mayor's decision came after the city's police and firefighter unions on Monday agreed to a framework for negotiations through Oct. 31 on retirement reform and related ballot measures. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNOB1K09BP.DTL\">Dianne Feinstein's support dives in Field Poll\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's popularity has plunged by double digits from her previous re-election ratings, according to a new Field Poll survey, demonstrating the toll that the anemic economy is taking on incumbent Democrats, including President Obama, heading into next year's elections. Campaigning for a fourth full term, Feinstein enjoys a four-point edge, 43 to 39 percent, among registered California voters asked if they would vote for her - even as a strong majority, 46 to 31 percent, approves of the job she is doing. Eighteen percent of voters have no opinion on whether they'd vote for her, leaving a wide opening among swing voters for a potential challenger.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110620/ARTICLES/110629943/1350?Title=Woolsey-to-announce-retirement-\">Sources: Woolsey to announce retirement\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rep. Lynn Woolsey, who has represented the North Bay in Congress for nearly two decades, is expected to announce her retirement next Monday at her home in Petaluma...Sources close to the Petaluma Democrat said Woolsey will announce she is retiring after completing her 10th term in 2012.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNV01K0DUD.DTL\">PG&E was warned long ago of record-keeping woes\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was told by a record-keeping manager nearly two decades ago that the company was losing track of documentation for its gas-transmission system and was courting public embarrassment, newly released internal memos show. The inability to find basic information about gas pipelines \"may be costly to PG&E in the future,\" the manager warned in a March 1993 memo, adding that it would be \"difficult to defend the nonexistence\" of pipeline records\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/06/taxicab-drivers-strike-will-last-two-hours-near-san-francisco-city-hall-today\">Taxicab drivers’ strike will last two hours near San Francisco City Hall today\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The daylong taxi strike that was supposed to cause citywide gridlock will actually be a two-hour protest event centered near City Hall. Taxi drivers, angered by paying high credit card fees and the delay of long-anticipated meter rate increases, announced last week that they would strike today. Tariq Mehmood, the driver organizing the work stoppage, said he intended on recruiting taxi drivers from every company in The City to stay parked or drive around an empty vehicle during their shift today. Mehmood said the idea was to create “gridlock” on San Francisco streets. However, Mehmood clarified on Monday that the taxi strike would only last from noon to 2 p.m. today.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18317315\">East Bay women look to continue legal fight against Wal-Mart despite Supreme Court decision\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Two East Bay women at the center of the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in the nation's history vowed to continue their legal battle against Wal-Mart Stores, despite Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking class-action status for it. The nine justices unanimously agreed that the lawsuit could not proceed in its current form, reversing a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BANQ1K0A81.DTL\">SF Saturday voting effort stalls on cash shortfall\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco's proposed experiment to open all the polls on the Saturday before election day won't happen this year due to lack of funding. Last fall, city voters passed Proposition I, which called for a Saturday voting pilot project this November. But that approval was contingent on backers raising private funds to pay for the extra day of voting, and they couldn't come up with the estimated $2.4 million needed to cover the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ramirez-parole-20110621,0,2011859.story\">Suspect in Bryan Stow beating ordered to serve 10 months for parole violation\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The man Los Angeles police have named as the prime suspect in a vicious assault on a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on opening day was ordered back to state prison Monday to serve 10 months for violating his parole. Deputy Parole Commissioner Ali Zarrinnam ruled that there was sufficient cause to put Giovanni Ramirez, 31, back behind bars because he had access to a gun that had been placed in a laundry basket at the residence where he was staying.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BA351K0AUQ.DTL\">First heat wave brings Spare the Air alert\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The year's first wave of hot weather in the Bay Area will peak Tuesday, when officials have declared a Spare the Air Day alert. San Francisco's mid-afternoon temperature today was 88 degrees, warm to be sure but well below the record for the date of 97 degrees, set in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BAM51K0AV7.DTL\">Political watchdog agency not attentive, says report \u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Campaign consultants, politicians and political candidates don't have to worry about abiding by the city's ethics laws because virtually nothing will happen to them if they don't. That's essentially the message from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, which Monday released a report calling the Ethics Commission \"a sleeping watchdog.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/friends-more-important-revenue-bart/\">Accusations fly in BART Millbrae hotel deal\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a development project to transform the Millbrae BART station went to the buddy of BART director James Fang, the losing bidder, some BART officials and even the Millbrae mayor say it's a bad deal that will cost the agency millions of dollars. Republic Urban, a San Jose real estate and development firm, had proposed building a mixed-use office complex on the empty parking lots surrounding the Millbrae station, an important transit hub that is also a Caltrain stop. But after two years of closed-door meetings, the BART board of directors voted three weeks ago to give the exclusive negotiating rights to Lawrence Lui, a close friend and campaign donor of Fang who wants to build a hotel on the site.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18317095\">Internet moving from .com and .org to .whatever\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It's not as if your dot-com is being put out to pasture. But Monday's news that the Internet's address system is expanding to include corporate brand names, as well as other words in other languages, promises what could be the biggest shake-up since the online name game started 26 years ago. Just imagine: Instead of searching for the closest Whopper at bk.com, you might just head straight for haveityourway.bk. Or maybe get a building permit at build.sanjose instead of having to drag yourself all the way over to http://www.sanjoseca.gov/building/.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/dear-john-letters-new-tool-fight/\">Oakland to become the first California city to use a letter-writing campaign to combat the sex trade\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(To) residents of the San Antonio neighborhood of East Oakland, they all have the same name: John. Neighbors are preparing to launch a major letter-writing campaign targeting Johns – individuals, mostly men, who purchase the services of prostitutes. Residents hope that by stripping away the anonymity of the exchange, Johns will stay away from the area. Residents send police identifying information about cars they suspect are driven by Johns; in turn, police send a letter to the owners of each car, warning the individuals of the many consequences of purchasing sex.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland/ci_18318855\">Massive monument to humanity finally breaks ground in Oakland\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a decade of struggle, Oakland's massive sculpted monument to heroic perseverance, human rights and peace broke ground Monday. The \"Remember Them: Champions For Humanity\" project will be a set of four bronze sculptures standing more than 20 feet high and depicting the faces of 25 people known for changing human history despite grueling challenges and long odds. It's a theme that both the artist and his supporters throughout the city say is resonant and open to all people but has special meaning in Oakland.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1308666858,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":1465},"headData":{"title":"Morning Splash: Big Fine for PG&E; SJ's Reed Delays Pension Reform Bid; DiFi Support Dives | KQED","description":"$26 million fine for PG&E in Sacramento area blast (SF Chronicle) California's pipeline regulators intend to levy a $26 million fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for federal and state safety violations that the company committed in connection with a fatal explosion in a Sacramento suburb in 2008, state officials said Monday. The fine,","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Morning Splash: Big Fine for PG&E; SJ's Reed Delays Pension Reform Bid; DiFi Support Dives","datePublished":"2011-06-21T14:09:20.000Z","dateModified":"2011-06-21T14:34:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"31613 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=31613","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/06/21/morning-splash-160/","disqusTitle":"Morning Splash: Big Fine for PG&E; SJ's Reed Delays Pension Reform Bid; DiFi Support Dives","path":"/news/31613/morning-splash-160","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-567\" title=\"coffee \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2010/10/89687195-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNV01K0AL8.DTL\">$26 million fine for PG&E in Sacramento area blast\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California's pipeline regulators intend to levy a $26 million fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for federal and state safety violations that the company committed in connection with a fatal explosion in a Sacramento suburb in 2008, state officials said Monday. The fine, which the company has agreed to, would be the second-largest ever against a California utility. It is subject to approval by the state Public Utilities Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18319278\">San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed delays fall ballot measure aimed at fiscal, pension reform\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who planned to seek the City Council's blessing Friday to declare a fiscal emergency and agree on language for a fall ballot measure aimed at fiscal and pension reforms, announced Monday that he is delaying action on both until at least early August. He also said he will hold off on a ballot election until at least March 2012. The mayor's decision came after the city's police and firefighter unions on Monday agreed to a framework for negotiations through Oct. 31 on retirement reform and related ballot measures. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNOB1K09BP.DTL\">Dianne Feinstein's support dives in Field Poll\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's popularity has plunged by double digits from her previous re-election ratings, according to a new Field Poll survey, demonstrating the toll that the anemic economy is taking on incumbent Democrats, including President Obama, heading into next year's elections. Campaigning for a fourth full term, Feinstein enjoys a four-point edge, 43 to 39 percent, among registered California voters asked if they would vote for her - even as a strong majority, 46 to 31 percent, approves of the job she is doing. Eighteen percent of voters have no opinion on whether they'd vote for her, leaving a wide opening among swing voters for a potential challenger.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110620/ARTICLES/110629943/1350?Title=Woolsey-to-announce-retirement-\">Sources: Woolsey to announce retirement\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rep. Lynn Woolsey, who has represented the North Bay in Congress for nearly two decades, is expected to announce her retirement next Monday at her home in Petaluma...Sources close to the Petaluma Democrat said Woolsey will announce she is retiring after completing her 10th term in 2012.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/06/21/MNV01K0DUD.DTL\">PG&E was warned long ago of record-keeping woes\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was told by a record-keeping manager nearly two decades ago that the company was losing track of documentation for its gas-transmission system and was courting public embarrassment, newly released internal memos show. The inability to find basic information about gas pipelines \"may be costly to PG&E in the future,\" the manager warned in a March 1993 memo, adding that it would be \"difficult to defend the nonexistence\" of pipeline records\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/06/taxicab-drivers-strike-will-last-two-hours-near-san-francisco-city-hall-today\">Taxicab drivers’ strike will last two hours near San Francisco City Hall today\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The daylong taxi strike that was supposed to cause citywide gridlock will actually be a two-hour protest event centered near City Hall. Taxi drivers, angered by paying high credit card fees and the delay of long-anticipated meter rate increases, announced last week that they would strike today. Tariq Mehmood, the driver organizing the work stoppage, said he intended on recruiting taxi drivers from every company in The City to stay parked or drive around an empty vehicle during their shift today. Mehmood said the idea was to create “gridlock” on San Francisco streets. However, Mehmood clarified on Monday that the taxi strike would only last from noon to 2 p.m. today.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18317315\">East Bay women look to continue legal fight against Wal-Mart despite Supreme Court decision\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Two East Bay women at the center of the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in the nation's history vowed to continue their legal battle against Wal-Mart Stores, despite Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking class-action status for it. The nine justices unanimously agreed that the lawsuit could not proceed in its current form, reversing a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BANQ1K0A81.DTL\">SF Saturday voting effort stalls on cash shortfall\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco's proposed experiment to open all the polls on the Saturday before election day won't happen this year due to lack of funding. Last fall, city voters passed Proposition I, which called for a Saturday voting pilot project this November. But that approval was contingent on backers raising private funds to pay for the extra day of voting, and they couldn't come up with the estimated $2.4 million needed to cover the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ramirez-parole-20110621,0,2011859.story\">Suspect in Bryan Stow beating ordered to serve 10 months for parole violation\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The man Los Angeles police have named as the prime suspect in a vicious assault on a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on opening day was ordered back to state prison Monday to serve 10 months for violating his parole. Deputy Parole Commissioner Ali Zarrinnam ruled that there was sufficient cause to put Giovanni Ramirez, 31, back behind bars because he had access to a gun that had been placed in a laundry basket at the residence where he was staying.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BA351K0AUQ.DTL\">First heat wave brings Spare the Air alert\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The year's first wave of hot weather in the Bay Area will peak Tuesday, when officials have declared a Spare the Air Day alert. San Francisco's mid-afternoon temperature today was 88 degrees, warm to be sure but well below the record for the date of 97 degrees, set in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BAM51K0AV7.DTL\">Political watchdog agency not attentive, says report \u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Campaign consultants, politicians and political candidates don't have to worry about abiding by the city's ethics laws because virtually nothing will happen to them if they don't. That's essentially the message from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, which Monday released a report calling the Ethics Commission \"a sleeping watchdog.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/friends-more-important-revenue-bart/\">Accusations fly in BART Millbrae hotel deal\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a development project to transform the Millbrae BART station went to the buddy of BART director James Fang, the losing bidder, some BART officials and even the Millbrae mayor say it's a bad deal that will cost the agency millions of dollars. Republic Urban, a San Jose real estate and development firm, had proposed building a mixed-use office complex on the empty parking lots surrounding the Millbrae station, an important transit hub that is also a Caltrain stop. But after two years of closed-door meetings, the BART board of directors voted three weeks ago to give the exclusive negotiating rights to Lawrence Lui, a close friend and campaign donor of Fang who wants to build a hotel on the site.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18317095\">Internet moving from .com and .org to .whatever\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It's not as if your dot-com is being put out to pasture. But Monday's news that the Internet's address system is expanding to include corporate brand names, as well as other words in other languages, promises what could be the biggest shake-up since the online name game started 26 years ago. Just imagine: Instead of searching for the closest Whopper at bk.com, you might just head straight for haveityourway.bk. Or maybe get a building permit at build.sanjose instead of having to drag yourself all the way over to http://www.sanjoseca.gov/building/.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/dear-john-letters-new-tool-fight/\">Oakland to become the first California city to use a letter-writing campaign to combat the sex trade\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(To) residents of the San Antonio neighborhood of East Oakland, they all have the same name: John. Neighbors are preparing to launch a major letter-writing campaign targeting Johns – individuals, mostly men, who purchase the services of prostitutes. Residents hope that by stripping away the anonymity of the exchange, Johns will stay away from the area. Residents send police identifying information about cars they suspect are driven by Johns; in turn, police send a letter to the owners of each car, warning the individuals of the many consequences of purchasing sex.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland/ci_18318855\">Massive monument to humanity finally breaks ground in Oakland\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After a decade of struggle, Oakland's massive sculpted monument to heroic perseverance, human rights and peace broke ground Monday. The \"Remember Them: Champions For Humanity\" project will be a set of four bronze sculptures standing more than 20 feet high and depicting the faces of 25 people known for changing human history despite grueling challenges and long odds. It's a theme that both the artist and his supporters throughout the city say is resonant and open to all people but has special meaning in Oakland.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/31613/morning-splash-160","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_728","news_274","news_140"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_30812":{"type":"posts","id":"news_30812","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"30812","score":null,"sort":[1308104081000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"watch-live-san-jose-city-council-vote-on-budget","title":"San Jose City Council Approves Budget, Cuts 500 Jobs","publishDate":1308104081,"format":"aside","headTitle":"San Jose City Council Approves Budget, Cuts 500 Jobs | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 7:15 p.m.\u003c/em> The San Jose City Council has adopted a budget that closes a projected $115 million deficit. But as KQED’s Rachel Dornhelm reports, the pain in the spending plan involves cutting 500 positions. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201106141804\">Listen here\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier post:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nSan Jose’s City Council is reconvening at 1:30 p.m. to discuss and vote on the city budget. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/20110614/20110614a.pdf\">Agenda here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&event_id=161\">\u003cstrong>WATCH LIVE HERE\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Merc editor Janice Rombeck, who now runs the site \u003ca href=\"http://www.neighborwebsjdev.com/\">NeighborWebSJ\u003c/a>, told us that councilmembers are mostly on board with the mayor’s budget, which would cut 122 police officers, among other things. And that’s with police agreeing to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18270351\">10 percent pay cut\u003c/a>. Four city worker unions have had a 10 percent cut imposed, Rombeck says. The MEF (Municipal Employees Federation), which represents several thousand workers, has been the most \u003ca href=\"http://www.mef101.org/News/news064.html#message\">vocal\u003c/a> in criticizing the cuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As contentious as the budget is, an even bigger brouhaha is brewing over Chuck Reed’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/05/24/san-jose-city-council-meeting-fiscal-state-emergency/\">Fiscal State of Emergency Plan\u003c/a>, which calls for a ballot measure to enact pension reform that some are already tarring with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/Wire_News_Display/1423874457.html\">W-word\u003c/a>. (Update 3:30 p.m. This just in, literally: Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the law \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/06/14/137185225/wisconsins-polarizing-union-law-to-take-effect?ft=1&f=1001\">can go into effect\u003c/a>.)The next vote by the council in that process occurs a week from today.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685493659,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":224},"headData":{"title":"San Jose City Council Approves Budget, Cuts 500 Jobs | KQED","description":"Update 7:15 p.m. The San Jose City Council has adopted a budget that closes a projected $115 million deficit. But as KQED's Rachel Dornhelm reports, the pain in the spending plan involves cutting 500 positions. 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But as KQED’s Rachel Dornhelm reports, the pain in the spending plan involves cutting 500 positions. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201106141804\">Listen here\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier post:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nSan Jose’s City Council is reconvening at 1:30 p.m. to discuss and vote on the city budget. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/20110614/20110614a.pdf\">Agenda here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&event_id=161\">\u003cstrong>WATCH LIVE HERE\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Merc editor Janice Rombeck, who now runs the site \u003ca href=\"http://www.neighborwebsjdev.com/\">NeighborWebSJ\u003c/a>, told us that councilmembers are mostly on board with the mayor’s budget, which would cut 122 police officers, among other things. And that’s with police agreeing to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18270351\">10 percent pay cut\u003c/a>. Four city worker unions have had a 10 percent cut imposed, Rombeck says. The MEF (Municipal Employees Federation), which represents several thousand workers, has been the most \u003ca href=\"http://www.mef101.org/News/news064.html#message\">vocal\u003c/a> in criticizing the cuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As contentious as the budget is, an even bigger brouhaha is brewing over Chuck Reed’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/05/24/san-jose-city-council-meeting-fiscal-state-emergency/\">Fiscal State of Emergency Plan\u003c/a>, which calls for a ballot measure to enact pension reform that some are already tarring with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/Wire_News_Display/1423874457.html\">W-word\u003c/a>. 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Here is today’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/20110524/20110524a.pdf\">agenda\u003c/a>, which includes discussion of a controversial \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/budget/FY1112/05MBA/MBA01-FiscalReformPlan.PDF\">fiscal reform plan\u003c/a>, outlined in this \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/20110524/20110524_0304att.pdf\">memo\u003c/a> from Mayor Chuck Reed, Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, Councilmember Rose Herrera, and Councilmember Sam Liccardo to the City Council. The plan includes the following: \u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Declare a fiscal and public safety emergency\u003c/em>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This would “direct staff to return to the Council on June 2 with a formal declaration that describes the necessity of making fiscal reforms to avert a fiscal disaster, prevent substantial degradation of public safety and other vital city services, and maintain the integrity of our retirement system so that earned and accrued benefits can be paid to current and future retirees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Amend the charter in order to limit retirement benefits and to require voter approval of increases in retirement benefits\u003c/em>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This aspect would include placing limits on retirement benefits, including health coverage, for new employees, and capping the the rate of increase of benefits for existing employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal also calls for a graduated increase in the number of years employees need to have worked to qualify for health benefits after they retire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, bonuses, increases, and other pension payments to retirees would be restricted if the city’s pension or retiree health care plans “have unfunded liabilities…greater than those existing on June 30, 2010.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal calls for a ballot measure to amend the charter in November, with ballot language to be worked up by August 2. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch the meeting at the link below: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&event_id=161\">\u003cstrong>WATCH LIVE HERE\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nNeedless to say, city unions are not happy about this at all. 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