Mayor Eric Garcetti Announces Budget Cuts to LAPD
- 4 years ago
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Announces Budget Cuts to LAPD Garcetti announced he would be scrapping plans to increase the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget in a daily news briefing on Wednesday. The LAPD was set to receive an
increase from $1.189 billion to
$1.86 billion for 2020-2021. Mayor Eric Garcetti,
via news briefing Garcetti announced that in addition to
blocking the budget increase, he plans to
cut $250 million within the department. The mayor added that he plans to reallocate
the funding towards education, health, jobs
and the city’s black communities.
Announces Budget Cuts to LAPD Garcetti announced he would be scrapping plans to increase the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget in a daily news briefing on Wednesday. The LAPD was set to receive an
increase from $1.189 billion to
$1.86 billion for 2020-2021. Mayor Eric Garcetti,
via news briefing Garcetti announced that in addition to
blocking the budget increase, he plans to
cut $250 million within the department. The mayor added that he plans to reallocate
the funding towards education, health, jobs
and the city’s black communities.