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fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Audit finds Everett mayor received $260K in extra pay

An independent audit found that Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria received an extra $260,964 in longevity and cost-of-living payments, including a $31,664 lump-sum adjustment in 2023. The findings, presented Monday at a special City Council meeting by MDD Foresnic Accountants, follow a state inspector general report earlier this year that flagged $180,000 in overpaid longevity funds. "Trust in government at the end of the day is everything," City Councilor Robert Van Campen said. "If we lose trust in the city government ... then the whole system breaks down."
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Berkeley's Homeless Response Team trying to keep the lights on' while improving

Berkeley needs at least $9 million to maintain current homelessness programs amid a $20 million structural deficit and uncertain state and federal funding.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks ago

Hayward announces hiring freeze, creates budget war room' after city drains $31 million in reserves

Hayward froze hiring and launched a budget war room to address a structural deficit that drained $31 million and nearly exhausted city reserves.
California
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Pleasanton explores new tax option less than a year after sales tax measure failed

Pleasanton considers a hotel tax on the November 2026 ballot to help close a $100 million structural deficit after prior sales-tax rejection and budget cuts.
fromMission Local
4 months ago

The mayor asked every department to make cuts. The DA wants more money.

If she imposed the mayor's cuts, she added, that would require her to lay off 25 prosecutors, a move that, Jenkins said, "would essentially gut our misdemeanor unit and our preliminary hearing unit, as well as three narcotics lawyers."
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