An Entire City May Go Bankrupt

The city of Vallejo is hurting, badly.

Vallejo may run out of cash as early as March, council member Stephanie Gomes said.

“This has been happening for quite a while. For 15 years the city council has been putting Band-Aids on the problem. (It has been) extending contracts and deferring payments for public safety to the next years as a way of balancing the current budget.”

Public safety contracts for police and fire services make up 80 percent of the city’s general fund.

And we thought a few For Sale signs for foreclosure properties on the same street were bad.

An Entire City May Go Bankrupt

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