[Publib] Library Layoffs in Los Angeles

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_L.A. council initiates layoff process for 400  city workers_ 
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/la-budget.html)  
Faced with a looming $530-million budget gap, the Los Angeles City Council  
voted today to initiate the layoff process for up to 400 city workers and  
eliminate 1,200 vacant positions. 
The action allows the city’s personnel department to begin the arduous  
processes of identifying which workers would be let go if layoffs were approved 
 in the 2009-10 budget, which is still under consideration by the  council.
 
The council voted 9 to 2 to initiate the action, with council members 
Dennis  Zine and Richard Alarcon voting in opposition. Representatives from the 
city’s  public employee unions opposed the measure, unsuccessfully urging the 
council to  postpone any action until negotiations over an early retirement 
program are  concluded. 
“Everything gets hurt by this. It will lead to a demise to the  services we 
provide, because you need people to provide services," said Roy  Stone of 
the Librarians’ Guild, which represents about 380 librarians in city  
libraries. 
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