San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie doubled down Tuesday on the move to eliminate hundreds of city positions in order to help mitigate the city’s projected budget deficit.

“The steps we have taken, let me reiterate, are incredibly painful,” Lurie said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. “But they are necessary to continue the work we have been doing to manage taxpayer dollars responsibly, deliver the best possible services and set up our city for  a long, lasting recovery.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.