Budget swings leave Los Angeles dizzy
Crediblity is strained as L.A. layoff numbers go from 4,000 to 750.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday laid out his rescue plan for a city mired in its worst fiscal crisis in a generation — an austerity budget that would cut library hours, scale back pothole repairs, freeze the hiring of firefighters and shut the agency that oversees neighborhood councils.