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Sacramento County’s labor unions seem hesitant to agree to concessions, setting the stage for a potentially dangerous game of chicken with the county’s leadership that is trying to close a projected $180 million general fund shortfall in fiscal year 2009-10. (pdf)

A fight is shaping up in Sacramento County between departments as they compete for a shrinking pot of money this budget season. (pdf)

A generous perk that allows Sacramento County managers to cash-in half their unused sick leave when they retire cost the county $1.9 million from January 2008 through March 2009. (pdf)

What’s the best show in town around Sacramento County? The Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District.
The small district has faced three lawsuits in six months, allegations of employee theft, a state compliance order, near fistfights between seniors after meetings and a booger slipped into the packet of a new board member. (pdf)

Sacramento County could make it a bit harder to get a lap dance in parts of the county. The proposed measure would stiffen penalties for those who operate adult entertainment outside of special zones. The Sheriff’s Department has been keeping abreast of problems at two area topless bars and are pushing to insert the new [...]

Sacramento County shelled out $8.2 million last year thanks to generous provisions in some labor contracts that allow workers to effectively cash out any vacation time they accrue above a 400 hour cap.
With the county struggling to close a massive budget shortfall this fiscal year and looking at an even bigger one in the fiscal [...]

It will be a sophisticated, one of its kind database, they said. It will help recordkeeping throughout the region, they said. And don’t worry about the $8.3 million price tag. It will pay for itself in recouped Medi-CAL funds.
How do you think that worked out?
Yep, six years after Sacramento County entered into a big contract [...]

Sacramento County filed a lawsuit against the state and several officials in an effort to get Controller John Chiang to release money for social service programs the state had been scheduled to pay on Feb. 13 (pdf).
San Diego County is expected to join the suit next week and 26 other counties have signaled they will [...]

Sacramento County’s Board of Supervisors started what could be a protracted period of budgetary carnage — cutting millions to begin closing a $55 million budget shortfall this year alone (pdf).
Residents, advocates and employees turned out in force to protest the cuts.
But supervisors said there few alternatives before approving the cuts. (pdf)

Sacramento County found someone willing to lend the financially strapped government some money — itself. Huh? Read about it in the Bee (pdf).