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City, County to consider consolidating some services
by Kathleen Haley, published on December 7, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Storyline: City Services
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Sacramento’s city and county governments are considering consolidating some of their services to save money as they wrestle with tough budgets. The City Council and Board of Supervisors will discuss the idea at their public meetings Tuesday.
Combining services could help local governments save money in the long term, said Gus Vina, assistant city manager. It also could cut redundancies, Vina said, noting that the city and county offer several similar services. For example, the county and city both provide animal control and code enforcement services, he said.
The city and county have not yet selected which services to combine. At this point, city and county officials are asking elected representatives if there is a “thumbs-up” for staff to pursue the idea, Vina said.
If the City Council supports it, city staff would choose services that could be combined, according to a report Vina is presenting to the City Council on Tuesday. Staffers would analyze the issue over the next 90 days, and then bring their findings to the City Council, the report notes.
“We’ll evaluate services on both sides: what’s the benefit, what’s the downside,” Vina said. “We’re looking for things that are not that difficult to do.”
City Finance Director Leyne Milstein said that city staffers are not ready to provide numbers for next year’s financial picture. They still need to analyze third-quarter sales tax information. Milstein estimated in May that the city would face a $30 million deficit in the 2010/2011 fiscal year.
While she did not release specific figures Monday, she acknowledged that the picture could continue to be grim.
“Nothing has changed for the better since that estimate was out there,” Milstein said.
The county has faced a wrenching budget crisis over the past several months. Its $180 million gap last spring was followed by a $76 million shortfall in the summer.
Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.
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The savings...if there were any, would be quickly spent in other areas.
During this ACORN controversy these two Western states have very large apportionment's of political illegal immigrant sympathizers and--MUST--be removed from their career seats. ACORN and its big brother SEIU. ACORN and SEIU are the lead organizations behind Health Care and Comprehensive Immigration Reform known in truth as AMNESTY, which is the principle entities aggressively shoving for the passage of these very serious issues. ACORN is better known for hiring people with questionable backgrounds, to be engaged in fraudulent voting registrations. Sen.Harry Reid, Speaker Pelosi can be attributed to the near destruction of E-Verify, the federal verification program that a growing number of nationwide employers are beginning to use. As a pro-illegal immigrant incumbent he must be ejected from his Senatorial seat, because he is directly involved in the 2010 Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill.These are the worst of the worst with a grading of ( F ) - as according to NUMBERSUSA.
They have been adamant conspirators against any immigration enforcement and readily agreeable with another BLANKET AMNESTY. WE NEED TO MAKE EXAMPLES OF THEM AND THROW THE IDIOTS OUT OF OFFICE NEXT YEAR? These individuals are just part of the political conspirators who don't mind illegal aliens settling in our nation and stealing AMERICAN JOBS.
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Statement from Gov. Jim Gibbons "Our voting system is very simply the greatest in the world and is the basis of what makes this country great. The allegation that an organization that’s main purpose is to register new voters was doing so fraudulently is very troubling. I believe that requiring a photo ID to vote is a very reasonable protection for our voting system and should be enacted as law by the 2009 Legislature."
Those who believe in America’s survival, without OVERPOPULATION as stated by the US Census bureau better read facts at NUMBERSUSA not the lies spawned by open border entities. Those who want details of corruption in WASHINGTON and state government go to JUDICIAL WATCH. Overpopulation, traffic hell should go to CAPSWEB. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL. We the people have the ultimate power to throw out anti-sovereignty incumbent politicians. Call and command these do-nothings to--STOP--this facade at 202-224-3121.
Why would the African American community support illegal immigration. Illegal aliens suck BILLIONS of dollars out of the social services system, education system, section 8 programs, and drive up the prices of low income housing....this leaves a much smaller piece of the pie for needy African Americans who were born here.
Back to the subject and your question when you have little you will share because you know what it is like to be without. I've seen homeless individuals of all different ethnic backgrounds share with one another, give what little they have to another homeless individual. I guess and it would be interesting if you were to go to homeless communities and ask them how they feel of undocumented residents. My guess is their is so much love in the homeless communities they even cold, without shelter would still embrace them. By the grace of God I am not without a home and I see undocumented residents supporting businesses, working, contributing......... and you are asking someone who doesn't have much and we are usually the ones who don't mind sharing. But I am sure you can find an African American who feels the exact way that you do. People with different views and people who are like-minded come in all colors. Thank you for asking me the question I learned something from thinkiing about my answer. I learned to look for love and it's always there.
If we did not provide BILLIONS of dollars in services to illegal immigrants, I think we would have plenty of money to house homeless Americans.
Americans cannot afford to feed and house the world. While I feel compassion for the plight of the worlds poor, we have to draw the line somewhere. Americans should come first in order of need, and right now our country is is serious need. If liberals want to help the poor of the world, god bless them, and feel free to do so. Just don't force the taxpayers at gunpoint to do it by taxing them.