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The State of Services in San Jose I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. --Grover NorquistGOP Consultant and creator of
The State of Services in San Jose
“I don't want to abolish
reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.”
“We have the most thinly staffed city hall of any major US city”
A look at Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions at the City of San Jose.
6,413 1,051,000
880,000 900,000 920,000 940,000 960,000 980,000 1,000,000 1,020,000 1,040,000 1,060,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000
Population - City of San Jose Budgeted FTEs – City of San Jose
TOTAL BUDGETED STAFFING POPULATION
Budgeted FTE
1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000
Public Safety Capital Maintenance General Government Community Services
Budgeted FTE
Public Safety 39% Capital Maintenance 16% General Government 9% Community Services 36%
Public Safety Capital Maintenance General Government Community Services
Breakdown of General Government Depts.
City Attorney City Auditor City Clerk City Manager Economic Development Finance Human Resources Independent Police Auditor Information Technology Mayor and City Council Retirement Services Total General Government Departments 9% All Other San Jose Departments 91%
Breakdown of Community Services Depts.
Airport Community Energy Environmental Services Housing Library Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Total Community Services Departments 35% All Other San Jose Departments 65%
Front-Facing Service
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Airport Department
420 440 460 480 500 520 540 560
Environmental Services
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Housing Department
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Library Department
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
San Jose’s Vacancy Rate
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019
50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 Filled Vacant
City Auditor, City Service Area Interactive Dashboards: City of San Jose – Annual Report on City Services 2017-18
City Auditor, City of San Jose – Annual Report on City Services 2017-18
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000
City Auditor, City of San Jose – Annual Report on City Services 2017-18
issues have been identified with several classifications.
from 2014 to present, the top two reasons given for employees leaving the city include: compensation/benefits, and accepted a new position elsewhere.”
enforcement
Affordable Housing Projects
Dispatch
the public
within 15 seconds
Responders” by new law
service needs of public and community
Recreation and Community Services
community programs such as:
community and neighborhood groups, schools, parents and faith based organizations to build and strengthen community bonds
community services
Production Businesses in SJ
environmental regulations
relationships with community and businesses for enforcement and compliance for a SAFE and CLEAN business
and other illicit discharge
rise
prepare for staffing crisis
Our Plan for A San Jose for All of Us
Partnership
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60 Million+ on-going increase to San Jose Revenue
Bargaining with the Public for Good
groups to Identify “pain points” and needs
to bring Community Voices in room with us
Staff
Retention Wages = Better City Services