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Article: Talks under way to slash San Leandro city, school district budgets
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 18, 2009
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SAN LEANDRO -- Reduced police services, along with library
closures and recreation rollbacks, may be among the most obvious
losses the community could face as the City Council begins trying to
eliminate an upcoming budget deficit of $11.4 million.
And, the city's financial problems could mean an even bigger
fiscal headache for the San Leandro school district, which in the
next couple of weeks must cut an estimated $4 million from its 2009-
10 budget.
The council's finance committee learned Tuesday afternoon that
downsizing city operations would mean fewer services for elementary,
middle and high school students.
City administrators recommended that police and fire department
expenses each be ...