The lengthy budget process began on April 20, when Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed an $11.77 billion budget, up from the current fiscal year's $11.2 billion.
With the changes made by council members, the final budget includes a $115 million increase to the LAPD's budget, according to the mayor's office budget director.However, during the budget process, Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso cast doubt on that happening, saying it was more realistic that between 600 and 650 additional recruits would be hired next year.
"There's something I think is troublingly ironic about protests against police violence, resulting in police violence, resulting in the police department getting more money,'' Bonin said. The revised budget also includes more than $1 billion in spending the city deemed related to the homelessness crisis, including $377 million for
About $200 million is being allocated to improve Los Angeles' street conditions, which would improve streets on a total of 6,500 lane miles, Krekorian said.
Have Garcetti's knees finally healed up since he was on them groveling to the corrupt BLM two years ago?
We need visibility and accountability. Where exactly will the money go? Merely building housing does not resolve the issue.’ Bbc We need real journalism, like the ones who know what every celebrity ate for breakfast and why….
They are all smiling bc they know the money will end up in their pocket
A large percentage of the homeless is caused by drug addiction. Historic amounts of illegal drugs pouring into CA needs to be stopped in order to decrease the additional amount of new homeless people. As well as the crime it causes.
Great he's giving LAPD more $$ ..but... remember when he was supporting those who wanted to defund Police? Another Hypocrite !!!!!!
He signed the LA city budget from India? What, did I miss something? And, $1 billion to fund the homeless industrial complex. Sounds good to me, I refuse to do business/visit LA because he has made it a shithole, but if this attracts the homeless north out of OC then I’m OK
Why bother helping homeless in first place, i offer a job and a place to stay to some “homeless people “ But they say they don’t want to pay taxes, so they’re homeless bc they want to, no bc there’s no job or no one to help, but maybe it just me who thinks like that.
Paying 1 billion to increase homelessness next year! Bravo!!!
inflation no prob for government... just you.
I Hope it really goes to help the problem & not mysteriously money disappears provlem remains, I ll bwluvw it when I see it politicians are such liars & crooks , follow the money. see the tents disappear!
And encampments will still exist 🤷🏽♂️. These politicians just are about showing you a magic trick and lining their pockets and profile
Raise the unemployment - give gas breaks to those that drive the most Period
What does 'related to homelessness' mean? Related?
Anyone asking Kevin who looks like he is ready to blow the mayor about his illegal alien family members?
AbolishThePolice
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Must be great to be a cop; suck at your overpaid job and still convince the taxpayers you need more money to not suck so much.
I thought he was leaving to India 👨🏻🦳🇮🇳
And where does that $1B actually goes? Nothing seems to be done with the homeless. Or maybe is going toward raises for the people running the non profit organizations
Okay but are we getting gas money
And he is getting rid of my student loans. You go Biden’s!
Good release funding
YAY keep wasting our high state tax rates on absolute nothing!! LA cops are completely useless. Homeless will never end. Light our tax money on fire.
Why more police spending when they don’t do shit? Seriously. Pay teachers more!!!!
I just want to pay normal prices for gas again.
Meaning $1 billion wasted (?)
Should have been decreased. Smh
And every time a crime happens in the city people will scream it’s because the Democrats defunded the police .
KDL preaching at all debates how he won't approve budget increases for LAPD, but their he is, pandering. Shameful.
Think about the 70k homeless in LA County getting over a billion dollars directly and tax payers funding this making far less and working way harder, wrap your head around that as ask where that money is going and how effective it’s been
Giving the 11 billion directly to the homeless will actually end homelessness. That’s about 68k per individual. These funds will go directly to these corrupt individuals and will find the cheapest way to spend some of that money. It’s a shame we allow these kinds of things to hap
We need funding for fuel alternatives like hydrogen!
Eric Garcetti is the worst mayor of Los Angeles ever. Total decline by every metric. Complete lack of leadership, courage or common sense. Vote Caruso and let’s bring LA back and beyond to the glorious place it was and can still be.
I thought that loser was going to India. Do I need to pack his bags for him?
Business as usual. Back to killing minorities
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Billion related to the homeless…hmm so the people “working” on the homeless situation are getting a raise and it’ll be par for the course with nothing still being done and pockets being lined with money.. got it
The homelessness spending is a sick joke. Based on results, it appears to anyone paying attention that most of the money is going to pad the salaries, pensions, benefits, perks, smart phones, laptops, cars, offices, luncheons, & awards of government employees & consultants. Scam.
Those homeless funds should be used to bus all the violent homeless people to Death Valley with no food or water
Most all will go down the corrupt city government sh*thole. $1 billion for homeless will buy 100,000 crack pipes, no more.
Believe it when we see it. They better spend because the rest of us all are bust broke after we buy a tank of gas an 2 bags of groceries as these further muckers collect 6 figure pay checks and full health care off our dime so they can remain in office taking our freedom & $ away
Unacceptable. Round them up and terminate them ...... Stop wasting money we dont have on people who don't and will never contribute to society
Drop the gas prices
Garcetti’s friends are getting rich off homelessness while the problem gets worse.
Funny the lapd need more money even tho they already suck at their jobs lol
But the right wing nuts will still keep pushing this crazy ' defund the police' b.s.
6.5 increase ok now they can get to work and make the city safe right….
This is updated regularly.
Can we just call the homeless billions “money for friends”?
He needed to give a larger increase to the police department to make it more effective and efficient
The LAPD budget is 16% of LAs entire budget
Eric, buddy… can i just have like $9,000? won’t make a DENT :)
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