Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a seaside neighborhood leveled in a January wildfire.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will lay out her vision for the upcoming year with her State of the City address. “This is the time for the city to come together,” she said.