Tag Archives: budget cuts

How City Hall Cuts Costs: Workers Transfered to DWP Get Raises Up To 50 Percent, THE LIST

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

EXCLUSIVE AT OURLA.ORG For all the talk about cutting costs by laying off 4,000 workers, the mayor and City Council arranged to transfer as many workers as possible first from positions paid out of the general fund to proprietary departments … Continue reading →

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What Are LA’s Core Services? Don’t Ask, They Won’t Tell

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

As the Los Angeles City Council grappled with eliminating the Human Services Department and other humanistic agencies, the debate moved to how much can be saved and what services can be preserved Finally, Councilman Paul Krekorian asked the right question: … Continue reading →

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Pray for LA: Only Fools Would Gamble It All on an Economic Miracle

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

The City Council will vote unanimously today to give final approval to deals with most of its work force that leave the future of the city seriously in doubt. The pacts with the 22,000-member Coalition of City Unions and the … Continue reading →

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Councilman Parks’ Responds: ‘What Would You Cut?

Posted on May 11, 2009 by

Councilman Bernard Parks, chairman of the Budget Committee and proposer of the 80 percent cut in funding for Neighborhood Councils, has responded to a constituent’s criticism of his action by asserting his primary concern is saving city jobs. He also … Continue reading →

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Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City, Part Four

Posted on May 9, 2009 by

By David Bell President, East Hollywood Neighborhood Council The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council is the only governmental body that is focused exclusively on the welfare of this neighborhood of more than 53,000 people.  This is a neighborhood with no parks … Continue reading →

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