February 10, 2009
Governor to lay off workers if no budget deal
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will send layoff warnings to 20,000 state workers Friday if the Legislature has not approved a deal to close California's $42 billion gap, the governor's spokesman said today.
"We don't have a budget and there's only a few things that the governor can do to save the state money," said Aaron McLear, a Schwarzenegger spokesman.
The lowest-seniority employees in each department who are paid by the state's general fund would get the layoff notices, although the number of jobs eliminated would be 10,000, McLear saidCutting the jobs would save the state $150 million in the 2009-10 fiscal year, which begins July 1, McLear said…
LINK - SFGate.com
