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Councilmember Chick warns city workers’ compensation costs are escalating and urges budget action
Summary
Councilmember Chick told the Los Angeles City Council the city’s workers’ compensation program is ‘‘on the path to out of control,’’ saying the current fiscal-year cost to the general fund exceeds $120,000,000 and urging the council to allocate up-front funding to contain claims.
Councilmember Chick told the Los Angeles City Council that the city’s workers’ compensation program is “on the path to out of control” and urged colleagues to plan budget action to address escalating costs.
Chick told the council she has reviewed materials in the Governmental Efficiency Committee and said it has been difficult to get a complete accounting of program costs. “We are absolutely going to have to bite the bullet in this year's budget and realize that we have to put some front…
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