Daniel Lurie says that at least 500 City Hall jobs are on the chopping block, a move he avoided last year through accounting tricks, and Lurie may not exactly be Mr. Popular anymore once that axe comes down.
This month’s San Francisco Unified School District teachers’ strike only lasted for four days, so no one involved suffered any political or public relations consequences. And it was comparatively convenient for Mayor Daniel Lurie, as it was SFUSD superintendent Dr. Maria Su (and not Lurie) who had to play the role of the Big Bad going up against the schoolteachers, with Lurie able to comfortably play the role of the neutral facilitator of negotiations.
Lurie will not get that convenience when it comes to some harsh budget-cutting that is on the way as he has to deal with the unpleasant task of trimming SF’s nearly $1 billion budget deficit. And the Chronicle reports on the most recent unpleasant task related to all of that, as Lurie says he will have to eliminate at least 500 San Francisco City Hall jobs…