California City May End Contracts With Bell After Pay Scandal
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Maywood’s City Council will discuss whether to cancel contracts to manage municipal services that it entered into with neighboring Bell in light of the pay scandal in that California municipality, Councilman Felipe Aguirre said.
Maywood, a city of 28,000 located 8 miles (13 kilometers) south of Los Angeles, drew national attention in June by deciding to replace all of its workers with contractors, including some from the city of Bell. Since then, a pay scandal has roiled Bell and led to the resignations of top officials there. Activists in Maywood have called for an end to the Bell services contracts.