Articles : City of LA Budget

EAA Action Further Reduces Layoff Numbers

Through the ongoing meetings and contacts with various City officials and managers, the number of EAA-represented positions included in the proposed 761 layoffs has been reduced even further, to 36 positions.  Please read the entire article as soon as possible.

Budget News from the End of Last Week

Naturally, our elected officials create no news over the weekend, so we will link some articles from the end of last week.  As this week proceeds, we may have more news to report.  Stay tuned.

Who is on the Layoff and Furlough Lists for 2010-11? Revised 6-10

There is a lot of hype, misinformation, and innuendo being spread about which employees are on the City’s proposed layoff list and which are not, as well as which employees are subject to furloughs and which are not.  We provide up-to-date and correct information in this article.  JUNE 7, 2010 REVISION: We now have an electronic copy of the "2010-11 Furlough Plan" and are linking it in the article.  June 10, 2010 REVISION: we have added a link to the layoff rules and procedures.

City budget and financial articles for mid-week in early June

Proposals to sell City property, one of them at a substantial loss and the other a big surprise, and a study of big-city finances for 13 major US cities, including Los Angeles provide interesting reading.

Budget Finalized, Bankruptcy Not Viable, Effects on Citizens

The Council agreed to the Mayor’s lone line-item veto so the budget goes forward, new legislation may take bankruptcy away as an option, and some fee increases and service cuts at LADOT are all in the latest budget news for Los Angeles.

More News of Los Angeles on May 20

Our City has a newly divided Council, has been asked to increase subsidies to a major developer, Council demands more concessions from employees, the budget is still quite ‘loose’, and more.

Union News Beyond Los Angeles for May 19 2010

We highlight a revenue proposal Los Angeles should investigate, a victory for locked-out workers, union workers protest financial shenanigans, questions for the outgoing and incoming leaders of an international union, and more news about unions.

Budget in the News for May 17 and 18

The Council and the Mayor continue to take public stands, even reversing their positions, as the budget goes forward, along with our associated concerns about layoffs and furloughs.  And the Mayor goes traveling again while the Council now actually has to be present in order to vote.

Council Looks At Budget and Makes a Variety of Proposals

All the media are reporting the budget happenings, but the only one that seems to be fully up to date is the print edition of today’s Los Angeles Times.

Latest in Budget News for May 12

A lot has occurred in the last two days.  The Budget and Finance Committee has moved the budget on to the full Council, layoffs cost money,  and the Los Angeles Times defends public employees, particularly in Los Angeles.  In slightly older news, some new sources of revenue are proposed, ones that many people have never considered.