Slammed with a projected deficit of $224 million by July 2022, the City Council on Tuesday is expected to eliminate nearly 500 positions, shutter facilities and drastically scale back programs and services.
The elimination of 337 full-time and 144 temporary positions will help Santa Monica absorb the impact of a coranavirus shutdown that resulted in a $48 million budget gap through June alone.
The proposed cuts the City Council will take up on Tuesday are only an initial step to prevent further cutbacks, but they will alter the daily lives of Santa Monica's 93,000 residents.
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AND: https://www.smdp.com/city-hall-to-lay-off-337-permanent-employees-cut-77-7-million-in-ongoing-costs/190393
