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Government

Mar. 18, 2010

LA Court Takes a Blow

Layoffs at Los Angeles Superior Court delivered a crushing blow to clerical assistants and court services assistants, who together made up the vast majority of the 329 employees given notice Tuesday.

By Catherine Ho and Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writers

LOS ANGELES - A traffic-court call center and staff that supervises advocates for foster kids were the most visual casualties of cuts announced by the Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday.

Officials have been promising for months that a budget shortfall would force them to cut positions. When layoffs came Tuesday - affecting the jobs of 329 employees - most wer...

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