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LA’s WFH nightmare: Empty City Hall leaves once-thriving mall an apocalyptic ruin – infuriating Angelenos
California Post ^ | 2/22/26 | Jamie Paige

Posted on 02/23/2026 2:24:32 AM PST by Libloather

Los Angeles City Hall looked less like the nerve center of America’s second-largest city Friday — and more like an abandoned office complex after a zombie apocalypse.

Entire hallways with deserted offices. Corridors eerily silent. Parking garage empty besides the city hall guards.

When the California Post visited City Hall Friday, the Office of Finance, a council liaison office, and the Los Angeles Housing Department were closed for business.

Over the course of the day, about 50 Angelenos oblivious to the closure turned up to pay their bills or seek financial advice, only to find no staff to help them.

**SNIP**

The irony is stark: Los Angeles is scrambling for revenue, yet on Friday, there was nowhere for taxpayers to pay.

Los Angeles City employs about 50,312 workers across about 44 departments and bureaus in numerous buildings across Los Angeles, with a total payroll of $6.4 billion.

Each is run by a general manager who decides when employees must report in person to the office.

The California Post contacted 40 city departments asking about their policies on remote work.

Only the Los Angeles Housing Department confirmed a they are still working from home a certain amount of days a week. Two other departments — including the Department of Public Works — replied only to say the inquiry had been forwarded and that a response would be forthcoming.

The Post discovered several offices were closed only after visiting City Hall in person.

Los Angeles Housing Department alone has about 670 employees, the Office of Finance about 230, and the Bureau of Street Services commands a workforce in the thousands responsible for maintaining streets, sidewalks and trees across Los Angeles’ 470 square miles.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: apocalyptic; la; mall; nightmare; remotework

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1 posted on 02/23/2026 2:24:32 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Liberals ruin everything.


2 posted on 02/23/2026 2:42:45 AM PST by Jonty30 (I always ask AI stupid questions to avoid the smart lists for elimination. I want to surprise it.)
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To: Jonty30

Just wait, we ain’t seen nothing, yet.
Something about running out of “other people’s money” comes to mind. L.A. and N.Y.C. are just the beginning.


3 posted on 02/23/2026 2:48:12 AM PST by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: Libloather

AI will make everybody rich.


4 posted on 02/23/2026 2:48:47 AM PST by Fresh Wind (I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
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To: Libloather

Pathetic. I have had my fill of lazy people. Lazy nurses at hospitals telling me when they intend to clean up my patient, me changing the sheets on the hospital bed, terrible “food” at the hospital, requiring me to bring in decent food, lazy government workers working only when it suits them and then, if the problem is a little thorny, palming it off on someone. People ought to be ashamed. You only get decent treatment if you are a celebrity. You can all take a long walk off a short bridge.


5 posted on 02/23/2026 3:22:03 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: Libloather

It is fortunate LA does not have snow storms, else their paid citizen shovel force would insist on shoveling remotely. Somalis are particularly good at remote shoveling.


6 posted on 02/23/2026 3:27:09 AM PST by chuckee
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To: Fresh Wind

Rich, poor, dead

What’s the difference?


7 posted on 02/23/2026 3:42:33 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Libloather
"Los Angeles City Hall looked....like an abandoned office complex after a zombie apocalypse."

But this is what the Angelinos voted for, is it not?

8 posted on 02/23/2026 3:48:20 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Psalm 73

Turn City Hall into a Homeless shelter The homeless have great experience in taking tax money.


9 posted on 02/23/2026 4:00:35 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: Libloather

An LA taxpayer’s problem.


10 posted on 02/23/2026 4:06:32 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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