The budget was $6B in 2008. About 40% of the windfall was captured by the bureaucracy in pay and benefits. And the city also has a huge welfare-industrial compl

The budget was $6B in 2008. About 40% of the windfall was captured by the bureaucracy in pay and benefits. And the city also has a huge welfare-industrial complex that bristled at the audacity of former Supervisor Sean Elsbernd when he asked for accountability for the money spent. Most of the activists interviewed for the article are in fact part of that parasitic group.