Los Angeles Layoffs

WATCH: Mayor Rips City Worker Unions For Prioritizing Pay Raise Despite Layoffs

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 04.19.2012

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delicately sidestepped topics like stalled union negotiations, budget cuts and layoffs at Wednesday night's State of the Ci...

Los Angeles Schools Rescind 522 Teacher Layoff Notices

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school board has rescinded 522 layoffs of elementary school teachers, dropping the number of expected layoffs to a...

Council Agrees To Keep Hiring LAPD Officers Despite Budget Crisis

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Five hours into a meeting on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's proposed budget Monday, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to preserve the mayor...

7 LA Councilmembers Have Refused To Take Pay Cuts

LA Observed | Kevin Roderick • March 17 2010 9:35 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Thousands of Los Angeles city employees have been targeted for layoffs or had their pay reduced in response to the city's budget crisis. Mayor Antonio...

LA City Officials Issue First Pink Slip

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

With as many as 4,000 job eliminations ahead, Los Angeles city officials have issued the first pink slip to a curator at the Point Fermin Lighthouse i...

LA ON THE BRINK: Budget Mess Means Cutbacks, Layoffs

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — For two decades, Los Angeles built libraries with a vigor rarely seen in the nation, spending $335 million to get books and comput...

LAUSD Sued Over Teacher Layoffs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — A civil rights group has sued the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state, claiming thousands of teacher layoffs deprive...

Villaraigosa Shutters Two City Agencies

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday forecast a long season of painful budget cuts that will shutter city departments, force layof...

Police And Fire Not Exempt From 3,000 New City Layoffs

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA Council Delays Decision On Cutting 1,000 Jobs

latimes.com | David Zahniser and Phil Willon | Posted 05.25.2011

After struggling for eight hours to counter a rapidly growing budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City Council put off a decision to cut 1,000 jobs Wedn...

LA Mayor Orders 1,000 Layoffs To Close Budget Gap

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Los Angeles has ordered the immediate layoff of 1,000 city employees to help to balance the city's budget. Mayor Ant...

LA Preparing To Eliminate 1,000 More City Jobs

latimes.com | David Zahniser and Phil Willon | Posted 05.25.2011

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