But can we do so as grown-ups ... firefighter raises out of the unappropriated balance and into the fire department budget. The salary deal will consume an additional $23 million in increased ...

A contingency budget was enacted in September, which includes cuts. But Oakland city department heads ... "What you want to do is minimize any cuts to the 911 response officers, our patrol ...

more than 260 Transportation Department workers and 130 people at the Bureau of Street Services, which oversees street repairs. Union leaders told the council’s Budget and Finance Committee that ...