I'm sure the dummy mayor would have preferred City Council to have done HIS JOB, but they balked on the firings, so now Antonio gets tagged with the firings. LOL! This guy is gonna be run out of town LONG before his term is over as he hops on a plane to Dubai out of here.
Tough Choices to Secure Our Economic Future
2/4/10 @ 3:43p by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Everyday throughout our city, from breakfast tables to board rooms, Angelenos are working hard to make it through these tough economic times. People are forced to make difficult choices everyday. Families are examining their values and businesses are setting their priorities.
Every budget is a balancing act. Every budget is a statement of values. And every budget is an opportunity to secure our future.
Here at City Hall, it is no different. We are living beyond our means and have difficult choices to make. We must protect our economic future.
Unfortunately, instead of making progress, we are headed in the wrong direction…up until today.
With the authority invested in me by the City Charter and the people of Los Angeles, I’m taking immediate action toward balancing this fiscal year’s budget, strengthening the city’s credit rating and restoring the city’s long-term fiscal health.
Today, I am directing the elimination of 1,000 filled, full-time position authorities and instructing the Personnel Department to immediately begin calculating layoff, displacement seniority and/or transfers of employees filling these targeted positions.
I am also instructing the Personnel Department to place general funded employees into special funded positions and proprietary departments effective February 16, 2010. These transfers will generate savings to the city’s general fund while permitting up to 360 employees to avoid layoffs.
Employees interested in volunteering for transfer to Special Funded or Proprietary departments will have until 5:00 PM on Monday, February 8 to inform their respective department heads.I will work with the Personnel Department and our general managers to effectuate these transfers from the list of volunteers. But I will reserve my right as Mayor to transfer any employee at any time as needed to protect the City’s General and Reserve Funds.
I'm also calling on the Council to adopt an ordinance to allow City employees to retire without the usual 30 to 60 day advance application requirement. Waiving this requirement will expedite retirements and provide needed relief to the General Fund. It will also allow those employees who are facing layoffs and who are retirement eligible to leave the City in the most humane way possible.
Finally, I am asking the City Council to move their uncommitted funds, totaling up to $40 million, into the Reserve Fund until such time that the City Reserve Fund reaches 5% of the overall budget.
To be clear, these decisions are not easy. When I propose a layoff, I think of the single mother with three kids, one of whom may have urgent healthcare needs. When I contemplate eliminating a department, I think of the important services, that department provides to Angelenos and the hard-working people who run it.
But like most families in this city I know we can't afford to do everything, so we have to set priorities and make tough choices. If we have to choose between funding fire fighters and police officers or continuing to operate golf courses and parking meters across Los Angeles, I will choose public safety.
I do not relish these decisions. But neither will I shy away from them or pretend they don’t exist. Angelenos all over our city, are making tougher choices between food or their prescription drugs, between school supplies and a doctor visit for their child, between their electric bill and their rent. It is time we at City Hall follow their lead, set priorities, and make the tough choices necessary to protect our core responsibilities. [HEY DUMMY MAYOR, THE CITY OF L.A. IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNCTIONING LIKE THE LOWEST INCOME PEOPLE. YOU TURNED THIS FROM A WORLD-CLASS CITY, INTO COMPARING IT TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE BASICS, YOU CLOWN! (Better stay off your own city street, PUNK!)TWEETS FROM A TWIT: (The mayor's tweets via press secretary. )
The Times' analysis of yesterday in Council is accurate: http://bit.ly/cQy1Gl.
TWEETED, so you have to read the bottom one and read up. But Jose Huizar should understand what's happening if he can read it this way:
- ..strengthen the city’s credit rating and restore the city’s long-term fiscal health and stability.
- The actions mayor is taking today are the necessary steps to balance our budget...
- If we have to choose btwn police officers and firefighters and operating golf courses and parking structures, we choose public safety.
- We have to set priorities and make tough choices necessary to protect our core priorities....
- Mayor: "every budget is a balancing act and an opportunity to secure our future. We have lived beyond our means for too long."
- 4. Asking council to move their uncommitted funds, totaling up to $40 million, into the City's Reserve Fund.
- 3. Retiring all general funded early retirement applicants ASAP, moving them off the payroll by March 13th.
- 2. Call on council to adopt an ordinance to allow city employees to retire w/o the usual 30-60 day advance application requirement...
- These transfers will permit approx 360 employees to avoid layoffs...
- instructing the Personnel Dept to begin the process of layoff and transfer for the 1,000 targeted positions...
- 1. Directing the elimination of 1,000 filled, full-time positions in the current budget and...
- Mayor will take all action afforded to him in the Charter to balance the budget. This includes:
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