[alephnerd]

A lot of organizations also don't have the money or processes in place to manage backups. It's a huge cost outlay and in cash strapped SLGs, it simply ain't happening - especially when any half decent talent can make way more money working remotely for companies that respect Engineering.

[908B64B197]

That sounds completely self-inflicted. What are they spending their money on? Not Oakland, but across the bridge, last I heard, 16 millions for a few tents [0].

[0] https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-paying-1...

[alephnerd]

Debt. City of Oakland has has a budget deficit of around $100-200m a year for the past 10 years at least.