Tag Archives: deficit

Don’t Sit Silent: Let City Hall Know You Want the Budget Problem Fixed

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

The City Council takes up the city budget for 2011-12 at 9 a.m. today and the only questions to be resolved is who will be hurt the worst, whose lives will be put at the greatest risk. It would be … Continue reading →

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LA’s Rite of Spring: Hiding the Budget Deficit

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Every spring for the last three years, the City Council’s Budget Committee has taken up the mayor’s spending plan for the next fiscal year amid warnings that drastic actions need to be taken or next year will be worse. It’s … Continue reading →

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Department of No Comment: LA Wins National Award for its 2009-10 Budget Presentation

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

CITY OF LOS ANGELESINTER-DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCEDate: December 22, 2009To: The CouncilFrom:~Miguel A. Santana, City Administrative Officer Subject: DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR 2009-10 The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award … Continue reading →

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Will LA Be Able to Deliver Services in the Future?

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

“I’m being perfectly honest with you, I have very serious concerns about how the city is going to be able to deliver services.” — Maggie Whelan, General Manager, Personnel Department, City of Los Angeles. Leave it to the bureaucrats to … Continue reading →

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Do Our City Leaders Deserve Forgiveness?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

In keeping with the season we need to consider whether our city’s leaders deserve our forgiveness because they really don’t know what they are doing. Are they ignorant and incompetent – in a word innocent? Or are they incompetent and … Continue reading →

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Play Now, Pay Later — The Road To Ruin

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

UPDATE: The LACERS pension board delayed a vote today on the city’s planned early retirement program as union leaders stepped up their campaign to derail a controversial proposal for making the city pay off the program’s cost 10 years sooner … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Budget, Part Two: When a Plan Is Not a Plan

Posted on April 21, 2009 by

Contrary to his previous statement, the mayor has proposed cutting the city’s payroll by 10 percent across the board — the “meat cleaver” approach that lets him avoid some of the hard choices between basic city services and social welfare … Continue reading →

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