It is clear this year that civilian Police employees will face the brunt of the cuts if the LAPD can’t find alternative means to budget for the positions. Listed for elimination 66 Clerk Typist, 81 Senior Clerk Typist, and 10 Secretary positions. Clearly the Mayors office paid attention to the Yearly Budget Survey he had online …
In a Letter Dated April 23,2012 the CAO Confirms the Los Angeles City Attorneys Association rejected All “Cost Savings Measures”. EAA Union officials have allegedly attempted to influence their members by claiming that the LACAA Had approved concessions, this is clearly a false statement made by desperate officials faced with the very likely …
Mayor ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA proposes More Civilian Pension Reform In his Plan dated April 20, 2012 he discusses the ” excellent post-employment benefits” the employees and their beneficiaries enjoy, then proceeds to eliminate or reduce every single one of them. Pointing the finger at the rising cost of pension and retiree healthcare benefits and claiming they are the key …
We have received a copy of the MOU 1 Specific Contract as well as the General contract sections. Please review these items and discuss the benefits and downside to this contract. Clearly the Union would like to use fear to push their agenda, we just ask you use common sense. Members should never feel intimidated …
As the Mayor prepares his speech on the State of the City I wanted to look back on the LAFD Brownouts. Nothing is better then watching politicians act shocked when their budget descisions play out in the worst way possible, take the LAFD Response time issue for example. They knew and didn’t care, they would …
After a long Budget and Finance committee meeting where nearly every union leader in the city paid a visit to speak before the committee the Coalition of LA City Unions principals made their way up to the Office of the CAO in response to his Letter Dated March 06, 2012 in which he stated in part We were asked …
n these so called tough times for the allegedly bankrupt city, after reviewing the EAA Tentative Agreement Clearly the Mayor and CAO are reaching deep in the fear trenches because the position they are pushing is not one of strength, but rather desperation. In a move that has exposed this weakness in the retiree …
Miguel Santana the City Administrative Officer has released an Update to the Three-Year Plan to Fiscal Sustainability. In this comprehensive report he highlights the challenges faced by the City of Los Angeles, future outlooks, recommendations, and does a brilliant job of painting the economic sustainability of the City of Los Angeles in the grimmest light possible. One would think bankruptcy is inevitable. …