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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 would eliminate more than 2,100 vacant city jobs as a way to cut costs. Bass says city services would not be reduced. The city Controller's Office says otherwise.
If approved by the City Council, it would be the largest reduction of city positions since the Great Recession. It's unclear to what extent city services would be affected by the mayor’s budget proposal but at minimum the spending plan would remove some of the financial flexibility now enjoyed by general managers., Bass said it comes “amidst national, state and local economic uncertainty driven by broad economic trends and the coming national election.”
It isn’t just about city authorities choosing not to fill a vacant job. Eliminating those positions means department managers would lose part of their respective budgets — and possibly lowering the chances of getting that money back in the future. In the case of the Bureau of Street Services, the agency would lose about $34 million dollars in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
Sometimes those other priorities are important and sometimes they are on the “nice-to-have list,” he said.“Having huge vacancies is not generally a smart practice — especially if you know you can’t fill those vacancies,” he said. “It doesn’t show a true reflection of what it costs to run the city operations.”
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