Big cuts to programs and services are on the way as the Oakland City Council struggles to find the least painful way to close a projected $129 million one-year budget shortfall.

During the latest in a series of alarming budget hearings Monday, council members once again heard from top city staffers that they have a lot of decisions to make in order to bring Oakland’s spending to heel and balance its budget and none of them are good.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.