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Government

Feb. 2, 2010

Layoffs Loom for L.A. City Attorney's Office

It's a tense atmosphere in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office as the 979-member office stares down a proposed 10 percent budget cut, part of massive proposed spending reductions to cope with a ballooning city budget deficit.

By Greg Katz

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - It's a tense atmosphere in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office as the 979-member office stares down a proposed 10 percent budget cut, part of massive proposed spending reduction to cope with a ballooning city budget deficit.

While the details of the cut are still in the formative stage, many fear lawyers will be laid off to help the city cope with a $200 million d...

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