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Board adopts 2009 budget priorities; divided vote approves firefighter 'rolling brownouts' language
Summary
The Board adopted a resolution setting priorities for the 2009 budget process. The package passed overall, but supervisors divided and separately approved a controversial provision to allow consideration of temporary 'brownouts' of fire stations as a budget option.
The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution outlining its 2009 budget process and policy priorities, including guidance on revenue measures, protecting core services and government efficiency.
Why it matters: The resolution provides the Board’s priorities ahead of the mayor’s balanced budget. It lists revenue options, potential fee increases, labor negotiations and program protections. A divided portion of the resolution — language that asks the mayor to consider, as a last-resort budget option, scheduled…
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