Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and City Manager Tom Modica unveiled a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget that would eliminate a net 413 city positions, with city officials estimating about 180 occupied employees could ultimately lose their jobs if the spending plan is approved.
The proposal is designed to close a projected $58.2 million structural deficit in the city’s General Fund through workforce reductions, service cuts and other ongoing savings.
Although Richardson restored 70 positions that had been slated for elimination in Modica’s original proposal, hundreds of positions would still disappear across nearly every city department…