"OAKLAND -- With the city's six-month struggle to close a projected $58 million budget deficit temporarily settled Thursday night, residents can finally parse through which jobs and services were cut and which, for the time being, were saved.
All the city's major labor unions have announced tentative contracts that would help the city with concessions such as furlough days and pension contributions.
Adding to that are numerous cuts and new revenue sources spread out across most city departments, including:
Installation of 269 new parking meters, including 100 in the Eastlake area and 169 in an Interstate 580 underpass parking lot.
Elimination of misdemeanor prosecutions by the Oakland City Attorney's office, which will likely slow or halt enforcement of recent city laws against prostitution and illegal dumping and leave those cases in the hands of the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Sale of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.
Planned police officer attrition -- losing officers to retirement or resignation -- at the rate of four officers a month, up almost one full officer position from Mayor Jean Quan's projections. Police officials say that number has been higher, five or six officers per month, for most of this year, but that may change with San Jose and San Francisco laying off officers and reducing pay, giving Oakland officers less attractive reasons for leaving.
It's a murkier picture looking at what was spared, because additional cuts may be necessary in the coming months as the effects of state and federal budget changes trickle down."
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