Crucial city services were affected by staff shortages in Berkeley city government during five recent fiscal years, according to a report released by the city auditor.

The audit cited a presentation to the Berkeley City Council by the City Manager’s office in December 2022 about this impact, where the staffing shortage decreased services to Berkeley residents. These included reduced hours at health clinics and temporary closures of fire stations.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.