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Fire all of them and start from scratch.
This is what TARP was really about. Spreading money around to insure union govt employees got no cust also tons when to school districts. It is all about protecting their golden goose as a protected class.
I love seeing LA and in general CA crashing and burning; it is going to take something dramatic to force the needed reforms.
What’s really bizarre in all this, is that the mayor Tony Villar is a flaming reconquista leftist, stuck between his desire for higher office, and this mess.
He has to balance the budget. Now his own comrades, are pushing back.
The irony.
This is easy. LA should double the number of layoffs and ask the Unions....”How do you like that?”
Firing 10% using a lottery, instead of senority, might make the uncharitable a$$holes more amenable to a pay cut.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
CA is going down in flames. While there is certainly more than one reason why this is happening it is interesting/ironic/sad to watch how in spite of the destruction being wrought immigration is never listed as causal in the least.
We have become one of the most delusional nations in history and we & our posterity will pay the piper for our ignorance/deceitfulness.
I keep saying, the solution is right in front of them:
spend more money!
Finally the chance for Revenge against the fat lady at the Driver Liscense Office.
First of all, LA wasn’t really “laying off” all that many. Most were being moved to other agencies within county government and some were being offered early retirement or similar types of acconting gimmicks to move the costs from one budget to others.
Another shell game.
Second, the unions won’t give anything unless they’re going to get something in return. They’ll get something that for now looks ok to the taxpayer.
Ten years later the dam will burst and there will be even bigger problems becuase the unions were promised something by a mayor who is a worthless pos who will be long gone by then and someone else is left to clean up the mess.
As a resident of CA, I want the state to go bankrupt for the sole purpose of forcing the courts to do something about those union contracts that have a stranglehold on the state (not that I’m that optimistic). But I believe many CA voters will get a wake up call and maybe something can be done about Sacramento.
The Unions will destroy themselves over the next couple of years over salary and pensions in the public sector.
The taxpayer is FED UP with their sh!t.
The small amount of discretionary funds (about 20% of every property tax dollar to a County) pays for police (sometimes fire) and administration (Treasurer, Auditor, Assessor, Recorder, Clerk/Elections.) Costs for individualized functions like planning and building costs are offset by permit fees.
The unions for the big state programs won't bargain for pay reductions because they are a state funded program. Likely, they aren't going to get laid off. The police, fire and other discretionary programs were where the local unions relinquished a COLA to keep more employees working. They knew we didn't have the money and it was fish or cut bait.
The real problem is that as staff is reduced, so must the functions be reduced. The state and federal government can't demand the same bureaucracy with fewer people to do the job. The functions have to be pared down to fit staffing. For instance, we no longer have a dedicated code enforcement officer. The job is covered by other positions. So the number of cases has to be pared down to the most egregious to fit available staff.
The state passes so many regulations, permitting processes, reporting requirements, (like the recent defensible space requirements for wildfire around houses,) that we no longer can afford the staff to implement them. However, since they are still on the books that leaves a gaping vulnerability for suit for non-enforcement or lengthy time waits for inspection and permitting which slows economic development. You can't just cut the budget, the state and feds have to back off requirements as well in order to have the smaller government we want.