City Staff Members in Bay Area Cities Getting Nervous

If you work for the cities of San Francisco or Oakland there might be a heightened level of anxiety around the water cooler these days. At least at the water cooler where the department heads slake their thirst.

Mayor Gavin Newsom is coming under fire for raiding the muni budget to increase high level staff members salaries. Matier and Ross report in The San Francisco Chronicle today about SF's most recent dust-up.

Mayor Ron Dellums in Oakland has sent all department heads a letter suggesting some staff changes may be in the works. Story in the Contra Costa Times. "From the outset of my administration I made clear I intended to evaluate things a year in to see how well we were positioned for the work ahead and to determine if any policy or staffing adjustments are necessary," Dellums wrote.

Story developing...stay tuned for coming updates.