they say it will se the city $5.3 mlion. but a city negotiator says it's too late, too little. >> giv the enormity of th budget situation, it comes dn to the numbers. >> union officials also say the new fire chief who starts today has some other ideas that could save the city money. >> py city council meets tonight to allo voters to decide on staffing levels for the fire department. to qualify theird 6,000 initiative on the ballot. it will lock the currents number of staff. opponents say the whole city would ha to vote and change the city charter to lay off one firefighter. it will cost nearly $200,000 who put the measuren the ballot. >> an alameda county judge could rule on the labo dispute. drivers union wants the judge to lift an imposed contract that took effect two weeks ago. 20% of the bus drivers since then have called in sick every day forcing route cancellations and stranding passengers, but the union insists there is no sickout. a.c. transit says if the judge overturns e contract, they will have no choice to lay of

the former owners of this ford ore in pittsburgh owe $1.2 mlion. same with this dealership across town. chris hunt is with the cona costa xpayer association >> the question that immediaty comes to mind is why is that money sitting there, particularly from car dealerships? if it's from sal taxes on vehicles, why wasn't it remitted immediately? >> reporter:hatever the reason, the state board of equalization plans to crack down on all tax cheats. but especially car dealership with more fquent audits and better tracking of thr sales through the dmv. abc 7 news. >> here is a question, what should you do if you receive a bill for something you didn't buy? it happened to one bay area woman. she was toldo pay thousands, but it was money she didn't owe. "7 on your side" michael finey has your stor >> this man hasn't shopped at macy's in years. so she w surprised when out of the blue, the store called and id she owed thousands dollars on her macy's credit card. >> i said, well, what do you mean? how much do i owe? she said $19,000. i said no, i haven't been