The City of Santa Monica faces a $226 million budget gap by July 2021 that will force it to immediately slash services and offer buyouts to several hundred employees, according to a staff report to the City Council released Monday.

The report -- which will be taken up by the Council on Tuesday -- warns that the City is "facing massive deficits" to its budget after government-ordered shutdowns of its key industries.

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