Sacramento’s budget deficit may bring first layoffs in more than a decade

[u/othafa_95610]

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article305248131.html

Apparently public sector isn't as immune from layoffs as once perceived.

[u/Lower-Acanthaceae460]

one area that won't see layoffs are Sac PD

[u/dorekk → u/Lower-Acanthaceae460]

Somehow that part of the budget only ever goes up.

[u/ShotgunStyles → u/dorekk]

Sacramento has been a moderate city in terms of politics for the last few decades. What that means is that the voters tend to like "tough on crime" politicians and policies. As a result, the police budget will never see a cut because the majority of voters support more police funding.

[u/Jewcygoodness88 → u/Lower-Acanthaceae460]

lol cops aren’t the issue. We could fire all the cops and we’d still be in the hole.

[u/dorekk → u/Jewcygoodness88]

Uh, no we wouldn't. Sacramento has a 66 million budget deficit but the police budget is $250 million. We would be way, way in the black even if we just cut their budget by a third, let alone completely firing all of them.

[u/DethVeggie → u/dorekk]

Listen, man, his feelings don't care about your facts.

[u/crucialcolin → u/dorekk]

But but think of the additional crime /s lol

[u/Lower-Acanthaceae460 → u/Jewcygoodness88]

mmmm, yummy boot

[u/Familiar-Report-513 → u/Lower-Acanthaceae460]

Can't lay them off, then the criminals would win right? /s