Entry #7 of Politics in My City - How the Government Shutdown is Affecting Southern California

Today's article sheds light on how the current Federal Govt. shutdown is impacting Los Angeles.  The Justice Department has said its prosecutors would attempt to cancel "non-critical civil matters and proceed with essential criminal matters only while the government remains shuttered".

Here are some additional points that stood out to me:

• According to the state Employment Development Department, Los Angeles County was home to about 48,100 federal workers in 2012.

• Los Angeles County CEO Bill Fujioka said the county was operating normally, noting that the "federal (government) shutdown will not have significant fiscal or program impact on the county."

• Metro officials said that since the shutdown means mass furloughs in the Federal Transit Administration, a protracted stalemate in Washington could mean delays in processing grant applications for local rail projects.

Here is the article that I've referenced today.
http://www.kcet.org/news/stories/how-the-government-shutdown-is-affecting-southern-california.html