Labor unions in San Jose are calling on city officials to allocate funds from the reduced budget deficit to enhance city services. Following Mayor Matt Mahan's announcement of a budget shortfall decrease from $60 million to $46 million for 2025-26, city workers, including firefighters and first responders, rallied outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. They argued that restoring staffing levels in various city departments is crucial for better emergency response times and improved public services, although adverse weather conditions challenged their rally efforts.
"Here in San Jose, we are no strangers to immense corporate wealth, and in spite of it, we still do not have fully funded, fully staffed public services."
"Higher staffing of the city's workforce will also result in shorter emergency response times and faster affordable housing production."
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