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City Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6), who chairs the City Council’s budget committee, released his initial proposal for the 2027-2028 city budget today, also referred to as the “Balancing Package.”  “This proposal makes critical investments that will deliver real results: reversing cuts to firefighters, making historic investments in housing and homelessness, and clearing violent crime…

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Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6) released the following statement after Mayor Katie Wilson vetoed CB 121283, legislation he sponsored as part of his Vehicle Resident Assistance Program (VRAP).   “Before we passed this legislation, Mayor Katie Wilson promised me not to veto it and to work together to implement. Now, thirteen days after we passed it,…

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