For about 180 city employees and roughly 790 county employees, Thursday was the last day of work. The city layoffs are part of the budget cuts the city approved when it passed its budget last month. When it passed its budget, city officials closed a $50 million deficit. County layoffs came with the Board of Supervisors’ approval of its proposed budget last month. The county government had faced a $180 million deficit. For its final budget in September, the Board must still close out a $19 mi... KathleenHaley Kathleen Haley comment-10287 2009-07-06T04:02:52Z 2009-07-06T04:02:52Z Thanks for the comment, Oracle. I appreciate your feedback! Cheers, Kathleen Kathleen Haley 2009-07-06T04:02:52Z Oracle comment-10238 2009-07-04T00:26:04Z 2009-07-04T00:26:04Z Good report, summing up the carnage in a short, concise story. Now I know what's going on and didn't have to spend 20 minutes reading a long-winded story. Oracle 2009-07-04T00:26:04Z