Mayor and Clowncil compromise on LAPD hiring near.
Who came out ahead on this ??From Los Angeles Times City Hall Scribe Phil Willon.
[Updated at 6:30: A threatened cut to the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department apparently will be averted in a compromise reached by members of the City Council.]
[An earlier version of this post incorrectly suggested that the mayor's office had brokered the compromise.]
The council has been considering a police hiring freeze as one way to reach the $530 million in cuts needed to close the city’s looming budget shortfall.
Over the weekend, however, aides to the council and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said they found enough money to hire replacements for up to 480 of the 520 officers who typically leave each year through retirements and such. Apparently, the city’s share of property taxes next year will be $20 million greater than expected, and $4 million provided by the federal government could also be used to hire officers. Plus, the council may decide to use some of the $18 million held in city reserves.
The money will only allow the city to maintain close to its current level of police staffing. It won’t be enough for Villaraigosa to continue his goal to grow the Police Department by 1,000 officers, one of the top priorities of his administration.
The council is expected to vote on the compromise this evening.
****Council just voted to approve city budget via KRLA News, more later.......
Councilman Dennis Zine reports on the "Kevin James Show", "that Jack Weiss showed up late and left early, during today's budget deliberations. The only to do so".........., wonder why ??
More from Zine, "budget is mostly resolved pending tomorrow's election results. It is a certainty that budget will face modification".
Labels: dennis zine, lapd, Los Angeles City Council, Mayor Antonio Villarigosa
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 5/18/2009 08:57:00 PM
9 Comments:
a HUGE defeat for the mayor.
The council ridiculed his budget proposal as smoke & mirrors, balked at his LAPD expansion plan, and killed his "creative" silver bullet plan to privatize parking lots.
To top it all off, today's compromise plan, which allowed the city to hire new cops to replace retiring cops, was brokered by Smith and Rosendahl and Garcetti - the first two of whom the mayor, Bratton and flunkies attacked last week as anti-public safety.
Oh yeah, and labor continues to fume at his double-cross, effectively pulling out negotiations and reneging on commitments during a press conference.
All in all, a good day for Newsom and Jerry Brown.
This is all just a set up to fool you into approving the sale of our streets and parking structures.
he cost of 1,000 officers is a drop in the $7 billion bucket. Do the math: T
Assume each officer, with salary and benefits is $100,000 per year. One thousand officers translates into $100 million per year (=$100,000 x 1,000).
That, in turn, is just 1.4% of the budget.
Did you get that? One thousand officers equals 1.4% of the budget.
All this fuss is a con job to fool people who are bad at math, better known as "voters."
Wondering...Why does those who pop-in to stick up for the guilty always leave anonymous comments?
I've no problem putting my name and site on here and I'm well-known online and easy to find.
Ah well, enough said on that.
Great article!
Hey Antonio, SHUT UP! If I want to hear what you have to say, I'll ask Dan Weinstein and Ron Burkle.
You are merely there to appoint who they tell you to appoint and stay out of the way.
Just ask Richard Riordan.
From the wires: In a 14-1 vote, the Los Angeles City Council has approved a plan to allow the Los Angeles Police Department to replace up to 480 officers who leave the department in the next fiscal year. The plan does NOT provide money to increase the size of the LAPD ranks. City Councilman Bernard Parks -- a former chief of the department and chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee -- was the dissenting vote.
A con job? Please. Council's not that cagey and not that organized. No need to manufacture faux Byzantine conspiracies when ineptness is afoot.
Rosendahl simply got bitchslapped by a chief cop who threw a bigger hissy fit than any gay gay. Cops: biggest drama queens of all.
But what happens when the props fail and another $67 million in red ink comes gushing in? Ooops.
My my, imagine that. Jack was late and then left early?
F'ing amazing that he turned up at all.
Perhaps that's because all the other council 'members' cannot stand the f'ing sight of him.
Oh, and did I mention that Sunday's LA TImes said Jack is UNFIT for the post?
Sounds like 10:27 was rejected by LAPD because he wasn't man enough. I love these morons who post shit like that and then can't back it up. Ask your council member where the millions collected in trash fees is going. The majority of it even though council lied and said it would go to hire cops is not. Why did they have to FIND money instead of use the taxes from trash already being collected. CORRUPTION AT ITS WORST. Bitter Bernie lost his balls the day he was let go of LAPD. He needs to find his manhood.
Parks got his balls chopped off the day he was removed as chief and he's never been able to get them back.
I am one of those who are shocked and appalled at Rosendahl's recent behavior.
ANOTHER GAME OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS BY CITY HALL. WHAT'S THE END GAME? I HOPE WE SEE MORE OFFICERS BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATHE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING STORY FOR YEARS. THE COUNCIL , MAYOR AND UNIONS HAVE THE MONEY BUT IT WILL NEVER MAKE IT INTO ANY FUND TO MAKE THE CITY SAFER. KEEP IN MIND THE CITY EMPLOYEE, BABY BOOMERS ARE GOING TO RETIRE IN 2011. WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT?
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