The Los Angeles City Council's budget committee voted to reduce the number of layoffs proposed by Mayor Karen Bass, from over 1,000 to 650 employees. This decision aims to protect essential services like sanitation and street maintenance. The committee plans to cut costs by slowing police hiring and reducing funding for Bass' homelessness initiatives. Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky emphasized the importance of maintaining workforce capacity to meet community needs, while Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez noted the improvement in budget conditions from a previous challenging phase. The recommendations now move to the full council for consideration.
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky stated, 'We looked for ways to save positions - not for the sake of job counts only, but to make sure the departments can still do the work our constituents need them to do for their quality of life.'
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez expressed optimism, saying, 'We were in very rough waters, and a very different landscape, when we started this process, and now there seems to be some light between the clouds.'
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