The longer we wait to make hard decisions, the greater the long-term threat posed to essential services and the staff who provide them," Cole said.Staff who voluntarily separate will receive a lump sum of $15,000 or $10,000 (depending on their date of hire) and 18 months of medical benefits.
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“City Councilmembers should be tasked with doing no harm to the segment of residents who typically need the most assistance from municipal governments: children, teens and seniors,” Brock said. "It should be noted that these revenue estimates assume that no second virus shutdown occurs later in the fiscal year," a City Manager Staff Report notes. “Hotel tax revenues are down by almost 20 percent this year and we expect overall declines of 42 percent next year,” Decavalles-Hughes said. Faced with plummeting tax revenues and a gaping budget hole, "I know it hurts, but together we'll rebuild a healthy and resilient Santa Monica we can all be proud of," said Mayor Kevin McKeown in a statement announcing the vote. “This plan appears hasty and ill-thought-out,” Garrison said at the public hearing.
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Photo: Sam Catanzaro. We don’t believe we will be running these programs in May or in June, we hope we will be running some programs by July or August but we don’t know.” To read the full staff proposal on “A Plan for the Future” where a full list of cuts are provided, visit http://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=125Hospitalizations continue to decline By Sam Catanzaro L.A. County reached a somber milestone Tuesday of over 5,000 COVID- 19 deaths....Locally sourced food comes to Main Street By Toi Creel A new restaurant has opened in Santa Monica on Main...By Toi Creel A Santa Monica pediatrician is raising some eyebrows about his speculations made in a censored social media...While social and physical distancing continues, Westsiders have been taking to the ocean for some sunshine and recreation.
"Santa Monica's reliance on visitors — whether just for a day of shopping or tourists staying in town — along with a significant pension liability, has the city on its back foot responding to the economic calamity of the virus. The beach city built on taxes from sales, hotels, and parking fees is now facing a wave of layoffs, as City Hall shuts down to all but essential workers. A 2019 Santa Monica City Council meeting. But cities with populations under 500,000 cannot apply directly to the Treasury for that money — and it's also restricted to costs directly tied to coronavirus and not available to cover tax revenue shortfalls that are gnawing away at local budgets. This Time It Could Be Harder.As Many Angelenos Stayed Home, LA County Saw A Spike In Coronavirus Among Latinos. This will mean "running a slightly smaller government operation focused on the true needs of our community coming out of COVID-19," she added. Photo: Sam Catanzaro. Changes that could very well affect generations to come.
“Many of the proposed cuts unfairly affect our community recreation and parks programs, lives and the POD program. I often work overtime. “When COVID-19 hit, we could no longer run these programs.
Longterm Santa Monica seniors who do not have enough income after rent to meet their minimum needs like food and medicine. “The largest number of job eliminations hit the lowest-paid employees the hardest. "We're simply facing unexpected and fairly devastating decreases," Dilg said.More cuts are planned to services, including library, swim center and skate park hours. "We are working hard with our representatives to try to obtain some of those funds, but we're also aware that none of that is certain," Dilg said. Robert Hamilton speaking at a taped press conference held by America's Frontline Doctors. “The cuts being suggested by this report are too severe, myopic and much too rushed. The $2 million necessary to fund the ramp-up is available in uncommitted residual housing trust funds as confirmed in response to public records act requests I made without changing any other aspect of staff proposal and will help a minimum of 434 seniors, 10 times the current enrollment,” Soloff said. “It’s really hard for me to be able to make any decisions on the positions without me having to know what the cuts are by staff level, what the cuts are by demographics, what the cuts are by unions and most importantly what they are by salary,” Jara said. As a longterm resident, former City employee, labor leader, PAL board member and board member of Santa Monica Travel and Tourism, I ask that you keep the Santa Monica that we know whole and provide guidance for measured change to address the current financial crisis.