Los Angeles Mayor Bass signs city budget to preserve services, bolster police force
The newly signed budget will preserve city services like street repair, traffic management and parks and library programming maintenance. It will also help to bring new jobs to the Los Angeles Police Department, according to the mayor's office.
'City Council leadership will identify funds for an additional 240 recruits within 90 days,' Bass' office said in a press release. 'The money will be used after LAPD fulfills hiring 240 officers.'
Funding for vital services such as street repair, traffic management and parks and library program maintenance is also included in the budget, which according to the mayor herself, was not easy to put forward.
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'This budget has been delivered under extremely difficult conditions–uncertainty from Washington, the explosion of liability payments, unexpected rising costs and lower than expected revenues,' said Mayor Bass. 'This budget continues to aggressively combat the homelessness crisis and invest in emergency response and vital city services like street repair, parks and libraries. I want to thank the City Council for coming together on this deal as we work together to make Los Angeles safer for all.'
According to Mayor Bass' office, the city budget includes:
Restoration of more than 1,000 city positions at risk of layoff to ensure delivery of vital services like pothole repair, traffic management, positions that support future housing development and more
New investments in the Los Angeles Fire Department with more positions, funding for more paramedics and other resources and support
Funding for all sworn officers and firefighters
Continued funding for 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers to lower wait times
Protection for homeless funding
Resources to continue driving the Palisades Fire recovery forward with urgency
Maintenance of library and Parks and Recreation facility hours maintained
Support for capital infrastructure projects, including staff for the planning and coordination of the LA Convention Center, funding for Sepulveda Basin improvements and recreation facilities in San Fernando Valley & South L.A.
Measures to preserve of all positions within the Emergency Management Department with a priority to expand with future funding
Continued funding for RepresentLA to provide legal representation to Angelenos
Funding to keep all animal shelters open and add strategic additional staffing support
More information on the city's budget can be found here.
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