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2% means gutted? 2% less funding means only a skeleton crew is left?
by ChrisClark 2y ago
2% means gutted? 2% less funding means only a skeleton crew is left?
- llamaimperative 2y agoDepends: did it have a lot of excess capacity before the cuts?
- Redoubts 2y agoThat’s wholly immaterial to the word choice. Come on.
- llamaimperative 2y ago"Gutted" sure, but yes it's absolutely possible to go from functional staffing to totally non-functional with a 2% budget reduction depending on the org's structure and where the budget cuts come from.
- segasaturn 2y agoThe city of Los Angeles and the Mayor have been requesting volunteers from the public, due to lack of manpower. According to their website [1] the salary for firefighters in Los Angeles is $85,000 to $125,000 (rounded). Assuming the average ($105,000), that amount of funding could have paid 161 firefighters salaries for the entire year, not including benefits (unsure how that is priced in), and much more than that if they were part-time which most of the force are. https://www.joinlafd.org/salary-and-benefits https://www.joinlafd.org/salary-and-benefits
- kristjansson 2y ago> The city of Los Angeles and the Mayor have been requesting volunteers from the public That's not true. The call last night was for all off-duty firefighters to report their availability, not for members of the public. Clearly LAFD / LACFD need more manpower, but there's more then enough merit to make that case without misinformation.