{"id":1312,"date":"2009-06-30T10:17:12","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T18:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/newsom-budget-protests-continue\/"},"modified":"2009-07-01T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T15:12:39","slug":"newsom-budget-protests-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1312\/newsom-budget-protests-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Budget Protests Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4146_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nA candlelight vigil was held yesterday outside City Hall<br \/>\nto protest Mayor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s budget which includes over $125 million<br \/>\nin cuts to health and human services.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 30, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Protests against Mayor Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s budget proposal continued Monday with a candlelight vigil and die-in outside City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>As many as two hundred protestors, mostly from SEIU Local 1021, gathered around 5 pm to draw attention to a budget that includes over $125 million in cuts to health and human services.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;City Departments that serve the most vulnerable San Franciscans have been asked to shoulder the lion&rsquo;s share of the budget deficit,&rdquo; said Coalition on Homelessness Executive Director Jennifer Friedenbach. &ldquo;At the same time, progressive revenue options have not been sought and the budget ax seemed to have missed police, fire, high paid executives and public relations staff inside the Mayor&rsquo;s office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Event organizers provided free hot dogs, soft drinks and potato chips to rally participants who were also entertained by a theatrical skit, music and dancing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4172_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nA die in was performed to demonstrate that &#8220;Newsom&#8217;s cuts kill Queers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4252_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&rsquo;s rally followed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/28\/lgbt-activists-protest-newsoms-budget-stage-pride-die-in\/\">die-in protest Sunday<\/a> during the annual Pride celebration that brought the parade to a temporary halt and forced Mr. Newsom to exit his vehicle and abandon his float.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/pride_090628\/_w2w3914_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nNewsom supporters grapple with protestors during Pride 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, budget negotiations yesterday between the Office of Controller, Budget Chair John Avalos and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu identified $20.1 million in potential restorative add backs.  Discussions also focused on placing $50 million in revenue measures on the November ballot to help close the City&rsquo;s $576 million budget shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to push for more revenue,&rdquo; Avalos told Fog City Journal.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4149_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4164_std.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/budget_vigil_090629\/_w2w4160_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A candlelight vigil was held yesterday outside City Hall to protest Mayor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s budget which includes over $125 million in cuts to health and human services. 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