Mayor warns more layoffs ahead

s the city's financial prospects grow dimmer by the day, a tough-talking Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told business leaders Thursday that 1,200 to 2,000 more layoffs might be needed next year unless there is major progress on privatization proposals and concessions from city unions.Daily News.

"I am not looking to pick a battle," Villaraigosa said at a town hall-style meeting at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. "But I am prepared to fight and make the tough decisions that are necessary.

"And, let me be clear: There is no scenario, none, while I am mayor, that this city will ever declare bankruptcy. I can guarantee that."