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Santa Monica Approves Hundreds of Layoffs To Bridge Coronavirus Budget Gap
Santa Monica Beach, without the usual crowds. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
Disappearing hotel occupancy, sales tax and parking revenues have forced Santa Monica city leaders to significantly shrink their workforce and look at tens of millions of dollars in cuts to services.
Interim City Manager Lane Dilg told our newsroom's local news show Take Two:
“We’re simply facing unexpected and fairly devastating decreases."
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- How Santa Monica Is Shrinking City Government Because Of ‘Devastating’ Effects Of Coronavirus (LAist)
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