The Contra Costa County Finance Building in Martinez. (Photo by Samantha Laurey/BCN Foundation)

While many businesses confront financial ruin and unemployment soars, jobs in Contra Costa County’s public sector have remained remarkably secure. But that could soon change.

So far, while Contra Costa County is bracing for April unemployment figures that may exceed the Great Recession, not a single full-time county employee was laid off in March or April.

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