Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles City Council is poised to offer thousands of city employees cash payouts to retire, part of a major push to cut payroll costs during an unfolding financial crisis.About 2,850 employees, or roughly 8.2% of the city workforce, would be eligible for buyouts of up to $80,000 if they retire in the coming year, city budget analysts said.The program would result in a major downsizing of the workforce, the largest since the 2008 recession, triggering new reductions in services. Still, Mayor Eric Garcetti praised the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles City Council is poised to offer thousands of city employees cash payouts to retire, part of a major push to cut payroll costs during an unfolding financial crisis.About 2,850 employees, or roughly 8.2% of the city workforce, would be eligible for buyouts of up to $80,000 if they retire in the coming year, city budget analysts said.The program would result in a major downsizing of the workforce, the largest since the 2008 recession, triggering new reductions in services. Still, Mayor Eric Garcetti praised the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement /Protesters stand on top of a burned LAPD cruiser.  /Protesters stand on top of a bus stop at the Los Angeles Civic Center to demonstrate for justice Wednesday night.   /Protestors turn on their cell phone flashlights at Los Angeles City Hall at 9 pm on Wednesday as part of a silent protest against the death of George Floyd.  /A protester confronts National Guardsmen as thousands of protesters march down Spring Street in Los Angeles to demonstrate for justice in the George Floyd murder by cop case Wednesday. ...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement /Protesters stand on top of a burned LAPD cruiser.  /Protesters stand on top of a bus stop at the Los Angeles Civic Center to demonstrate for justice Wednesday night.   /Protestors turn on their cell phone flashlights at Los Angeles City Hall at 9 pm on Wednesday as part of a silent protest against the death of George Floyd.  /A protester confronts National Guardsmen as thousands of protesters march down Spring Street in Los Angeles to demonstrate for justice in the George Floyd murder by cop case Wednesday. ...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Officials with the Los Angeles police union assailed Mayor Eric Garcetti on Friday for comments he made about cutting the LAPD budget, saying police officers have lost confidence in the mayor’s ability to lead the city after days of demonstrations.Speaking at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Los Angeles on Thursday, and shift the savings to minority communities was getting attention from mayors across the country. “That’s exactly the point,” he said. “It starts someplace, and we say we are going to be who we want...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Officials with the Los Angeles police union assailed Mayor Eric Garcetti on Friday for comments he made about cutting the LAPD budget, saying police officers have lost confidence in the mayor’s ability to lead the city after days of demonstrations.Speaking at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Los Angeles on Thursday, and shift the savings to minority communities was getting attention from mayors across the country. “That’s exactly the point,” he said. “It starts someplace, and we say we are going to be who we want...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that all county residents can now get free at city-run sites. Until now, only residents with symptoms as well as essential workers and those in institutional settings like nursing homes could be Officials say expanded testing is essential to getting a better sense of how many people have the virus — data that could be used to ease stay-at-home rules.Under the new guidelines, priority for the same- or next-day testing will still be given to people with symptoms, such as a fever,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that all county residents can now get free at city-run sites. Until now, only residents with symptoms as well as essential workers and those in institutional settings like nursing homes could be Officials say expanded testing is essential to getting a better sense of how many people have the virus — data that could be used to ease stay-at-home rules.Under the new guidelines, priority for the same- or next-day testing will still be given to people with symptoms, such as a fever,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hoping to make flying safer, Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday will begin testing thermal cameras to identify passengers with high body temperatures as a way of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.The three cameras will scan streams of passengers arriving at and departing from the Tom Bradley International Terminal in hopes of spotting passengers with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher — a common symptom in the COVID-19 pandemic that has pushed air travel demand down to the .“Our ability to spot folks exhibiting...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hoping to make flying safer, Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday will begin testing thermal cameras to identify passengers with high body temperatures as a way of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.The three cameras will scan streams of passengers arriving at and departing from the Tom Bradley International Terminal in hopes of spotting passengers with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher — a common symptom in the COVID-19 pandemic that has pushed air travel demand down to the .“Our ability to spot folks exhibiting...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a $10.5-billion budget for the city Monday that imposes cuts across an array of city agencies, with nearly 16,000 city workers being furloughed in response to the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.Garcetti’s proposed spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 is expected to result in fewer street repairs, fewer trees trimmed and longer wait times for the city’s 311 public services hotline. Graffiti removal, neighborhood councils, gang intervention programs and various...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a $10.5-billion budget for the city Monday that imposes cuts across an array of city agencies, with nearly 16,000 city workers being furloughed in response to the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.Garcetti’s proposed spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 is expected to result in fewer street repairs, fewer trees trimmed and longer wait times for the city’s 311 public services hotline. Graffiti removal, neighborhood councils, gang intervention programs and various...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles political leaders were quick to speak out after police descended on Echo Park Lake on Wednesday to help that has been home to many people: Some council members criticized activists for challenging police officers, while others questioned the police response. One noticeably absent voice was that of Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has largely stayed in the background amid the debate over the future of the park and its homeless occupants. Instead, Garcetti appears to have deferred to the local councilman, Mitch O’Farrell. Garcetti...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles political leaders were quick to speak out after police descended on Echo Park Lake on Wednesday to help that has been home to many people: Some council members criticized activists for challenging police officers, while others questioned the police response. One noticeably absent voice was that of Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has largely stayed in the background amid the debate over the future of the park and its homeless occupants. Instead, Garcetti appears to have deferred to the local councilman, Mitch O’Farrell. Garcetti...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A new round of federal funding will allow Metropolitan Transportation Authority to restore bus and train rides throughout Los Angeles County, ensuring that pre-pandemic service can resume by this fall.President Biden’s stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan, will deliver to Southern California transit agencies, with a significant amount of that money going to Metro, transit officials said Thursday. The exact amount that the county agency will receive wasn’t available.Advertisement chief executive of Metro, said full service would...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A new round of federal funding will allow Metropolitan Transportation Authority to restore bus and train rides throughout Los Angeles County, ensuring that pre-pandemic service can resume by this fall.President Biden’s stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan, will deliver to Southern California transit agencies, with a significant amount of that money going to Metro, transit officials said Thursday. The exact amount that the county agency will receive wasn’t available.Advertisement chief executive of Metro, said full service would...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement L.A.’s political leaders have been buffeted by bad budget news since the outbreak of COVID-19 — business shutdowns, plummeting tax revenues, a hollowed-out tourism sector and a financial gap that has steadily grown to $750 million. On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders received an unmistakably positive sign of a turnaround, with passage of a massive that’s expected to send $1.35 billion directly to Los Angeles.Garcetti said this week that he was “ecstatic” about the relief bill, predicting it will help the city...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement L.A.’s political leaders have been buffeted by bad budget news since the outbreak of COVID-19 — business shutdowns, plummeting tax revenues, a hollowed-out tourism sector and a financial gap that has steadily grown to $750 million. On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders received an unmistakably positive sign of a turnaround, with passage of a massive that’s expected to send $1.35 billion directly to Los Angeles.Garcetti said this week that he was “ecstatic” about the relief bill, predicting it will help the city...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Citing concerns about the budget, Los Angeles County officials said they don’t plan to expand the number of hotels they’re renting to shelter homeless people who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. As of late last month, the county was renting 12 hotels with 1,350 rooms through a program known as Project Roomkey, according to a this week. It plans to keep 11 of those 12 sites open through September, at the latest. The majority of these , but a change in how the federal government reimburses the costs associated with the hotels meant...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Citing concerns about the budget, Los Angeles County officials said they don’t plan to expand the number of hotels they’re renting to shelter homeless people who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. As of late last month, the county was renting 12 hotels with 1,350 rooms through a program known as Project Roomkey, according to a this week. It plans to keep 11 of those 12 sites open through September, at the latest. The majority of these , but a change in how the federal government reimburses the costs associated with the hotels meant...WW…