public employees

With one city employee for every 0.8 residents, the tiny enclave of Vernon, located in Los Angeles County, has the highest staff-to-resident ratio of any city in California.

The City of Los Angeles is struggling with a labor shortage that could undermine its ability to provide adequate public services.

“Our council did not do its job,” Mayor Mahan said. 

State and local governments are hemorrhaging jobs and it’s not clear when, or if, more federal relief will come.

A deep financial dive conducted by the editors at Forbes has revealed over a quarter of a million employees making six-figure salaries in California. The total cost to taxpayers? $54 billion.