Outdoor watering will likely be limited to three days a week under a revised mandatory water conservation proposal that gained traction Tuesday with the City Council.
Mandatory 10% conservation, which still must be approved by the council next week, is recommended by the utility to help it stay within a reduced allotment from the Metropolitan Water District of California, which supplies up to 70% of Glendale’s water.
POLITICS
California’s financial fate continued its tumble into uncertainty this week as lawmakers failed to agree on a solution for a projected $24.3-billion deficit, despite warnings that the state will soon have to pay for some of its obligations using IOUs.
Controller John Chiang on Wednesday warned that historic drop-offs in tax revenues have put California close to insolvency as it tries to pay for billions in services for which funds are not available.
A continued impasse in the Legislature, Chiang said, will force him to begin issuing IOUs July 2 in the place of payments for local governments, private contractors, state vendors, income and corporate tax refunds, and other operations, including salaries for legislators.
BUSINESS
The growing popularity of out-of-state film productions has emerged as the major contributor to the area’s rising unemployment rates, which jumped toward 10% in May after a brief decline in April, experts said.
Unemployment rates rose from 9.4% to 9.9% in Glendale and from 8.7% to 9.2% in Burbank, matching the figures logged in March, according to a report released Friday by the California Economic Development Department.
EDUCATION
The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education adopted a new budget Tuesday, but officials said the move will not solve the district’s problems as they anticipate the state’s continuing budget crisis to force millions in more funding reductions.
