Crisis averted? Long Beach health department slashed funding-related layoffs, still struggles with staffing
As pandemic aid dollars run out, health officials have rushed to find new money or reassign dozens of workers whose positions are no longer funded.
After Long Beach officials worried last month that dozens of workers in the city health department might lose their jobs because of disappearing funding, that worst case scenario has been averted for a majority of them.
From an initial list of 73 positions that were at risk, about two dozen city employees remained on a potential layoff list as of last week, according to Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Jennifer Rice-Epstein.
