ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } California Mayors Need to Take Strong Fiscal Action Quickly – BCI 24 News Network
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California Mayors Need to Take Strong Fiscal Action Quickly

26 February 2025 12:23 PM
BCI 24 News Network

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California’s major cities, especially the seat of its major counties, are falling apart at the seams.
The city and county of San Francisco announced that its newly elected mayor is facing an $840 million budget deficit over the next two years.
San Diego’s Mayor is stressing over a $250 million budget deficit.
And the controller for the city of Los Angeles, Kenneth Mejia, recently announced that the city of the Angels is on the brink of declaring a “fiscal emergency.” I’m sure the recent devastation from the wildfires is not helping this situation.
San Francisco has long been on the edge of a fiscal cliff. With its 2021 annual comprehensive financial report, in comparison to its 100 neighboring cities in the Bay Area, it ranked 98th. It had an unrestricted net deficit of $3.1 billion! At least it has improved in the subsequent three years by reducing this nut by one-third, to $2.1 billion, for the year ending June 30, 2024….