THOUSANDS ON L.A.'S PAYROLL EARNING MORE THAN $100,000 CITY WORKERS ENJOY RAISES AS TAXPAYERS FACE SERVICE CUTS, NEW FEES. CAN LOS ANGELES BALANCE ITS BOOKS WITHOUT CUTTING PAYCHECKS?(News)(ST)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: May 11, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Beth Barrett

Staff Writer

As Los Angeles grapples with its largest budget deficit in history, lucrative compensation packages for thousands of city workers are driving much of the gap, and there's little end in sight.

In the past year alone, gross annual payroll costs have soared $120 million for nearly 48,000 city employees -- $90 million of that going to 35,000 civilian and sworn workers -- and bumped the total payroll up to $3.2 billion, or nearly half Los Angeles' $7 billion budget.

While city leaders seek to close a looming $406 million budget ...

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