Austerity, spreading across the land

• San Bernardino Departments Told to Cut 7% From Budgets (Brian Whitehead / San Bernardino Sun)
• With $10 Million Shortfall, Oxnard Prepares Employees for Upcoming Layoffs (Wendy Leung / Ventura County Star)

We get a few more of these budget cuts then usual. 

 Being a local mayor is becoming difficult, and this is spreading to county education departments. Who gets the new funds? Nurses and hospitals. 

All these cuts are in the 5-10% range, relative to the plan one year ago.  This is enough to show up on aggregate new hires,  fewer entry level jobs, like summer jobs with the city. This is still, moderate, short lived recession soon.