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===2010 city layoffs=== Maywood officials were given notice in June 2009<ref name="lat_jun25">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-maywood-20100625,0,3217996.story|title=Maywood didn't meet insurer's conditions|author=Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 25, 2010|access-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> that the city would lose its insurance coverage unless they implemented a 20-point performance plan. Maywood also owed the California Insurance Authority $927,135 and had been making interest-only payments. Mainly because of the troubled history, including multiple lawsuits, and the dubious reputation of the Maywood Police Department,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-maywood-story.html|title=Maywood employs police officers with a history of trouble|author=Matt Lait and Scott Glover|date=April 1, 2007|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> the city's Liability and Workers Compensation insurer notified the city in August 2009, that it would cancel its coverage effective July 1, 2010. When the city was unable to find coverage elsewhere, it disbanded its police department, laid off all city employees, except for the city manager, city attorney and elected officials, and contracted with other agencies to provide all municipal services.<ref name="lat_jun23"/><ref name="Mayme">{{cite news|last=Becerra|first=Hector|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-me-maywood-20100810,0,7786763.story|title=Bell salary scandal: Maywood leaders may try to fire Bell|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 10, 2010|access-date=August 17, 2010}}</ref> An outside audit found that Maywood was losing approximately $620,000 annually from its $10 million general fund budget<ref name="lat_jun23"/> under the previous seven-year contract with nearby [[Cudahy, California|Cudahy]],<ref name="finance.yahoo.com"/> because they had neglected to bill Cudahy for administration, vehicle maintenance or insurance. The firm concluded that Maywood was losing about $620,000 a year, or a total of about $4 million in the last six years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/cudahy-to-contract-police-services-with-sheriffs.html|title=Cudahy to contract with the Sheriff's Department | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times|publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com|date=June 25, 2010|access-date=August 17, 2010}}</ref> George Perez, Cudahy's city manager, said Maywood's "politics have been getting in the way." Perez said that he and Paul Philips, then acting Maywood City Manager, would agree on a new contract, but the Maywood City Council would then send Philips back for further negotiation. Perez said that negotiations disintegrated in February, after Philips resigned.<ref name="lat_jun25"/> Councilman Felipe Aguirre said, "We don't want to file for bankruptcy. We don't want to disappear as a city." Aguirre said filing for bankruptcy was not an option for Maywood because its problems were related specifically to insurance coverage.<ref name="lat_jun23"/> Several cities in the state have said that they are close to bankruptcy because of the sharp drop in sales and property tax revenues caused by the deepest recession in decades.<ref name="lat_jun23"/> During a heated City Council meeting in June 2010, opponents of the plan accused council members of mismanaging the city by failing to maintain insurance coverage.<ref name="lat_jun23"/> Under the plan adopted by the City Council that night, council members would continue to be paid to set policy, but all services would be contracted out. "You single-handedly destroyed the city," Lizeth Sandoval, the city treasurer, told the City Council. Sandoval, a city employee, spoke out as a private citizen, and was laid off as part of the cuts.<ref name="lat_jun23"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/sheriffs-dept-to-patrol-maywood-while-city-employees-now-face-lay-offs.html |title=Maywood (Los Angeles, California): Maywood (Los Angeles, California) News and Photos|publisher=chicagotribune.com|access-date=August 17, 2010 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Though Maywood officials stopped short of filing for bankruptcy or even giving up the city's municipal status, the city still faces a serious problem with a huge deficit.<ref name="http://www.cityofmaywood.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofmaywood.com|title=City of Maywood|publisher=City of Maywood|access-date=August 17, 2010}}</ref> The city did keep a few employees as independent contractors when they outsourced most city functions to Bell and police duties to the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]].<ref name="Mayme"/> In September 2010, the troubled nearby city of [[Bell, California|Bell]] agreed to cancel the contract to handle the day-to-day operations of neighboring Maywood.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://outside.in/maywood-ca/tags/Bell%20Fallout |title=Bell Fallout news in Maywood, California {{!}} Outside.in local topics |access-date=September 30, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185644/http://outside.in/maywood-ca/tags/Bell%20Fallout#881175176 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Maywood has been overrun with political crises, from recalls to a city clerk accused of trying to contract a hit man to kill Councilman Aguirre. In early 2006, a newly elected Aguirre called Maywood a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants,<ref name="Mayme"/> stating: "I think we needed to amplify the debate by saying that no human being is illegal. These people are here ... making your clothes, shining your shoes and taking care of your kids. And now you want to develop this hypocritical policy?"<ref name="Becerra"/> "Maywood's actions have made the town a lightning rod for criticism on conservative radio shows and websites."<ref name="Becerra">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-21-me-maywood21-story.html |title=Welcome to Maywood, Where Roads Open Up for Immigrants|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 21, 2006 |access-date=February 27, 2019 | first=Hector | last=Becerra}}</ref>
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