Excuse me! You didn't even hire the cops you promised from the original trash collection fee (where did the money go, by the way) -- and now you are talking about increasing it already? Nice try! Mayor Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council must be trying to make sure they are never re-elected. Pictured: LA Mayor joins LAPD in cost cutting move.
From LA Times:
To fund the mayor's plan to boost police staffing, officials may raise the monthly cost again.
City officials are considering another major increase in trash fees paid by homeowners and residents of small apartment buildings in order to preserve Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to hire 1,000 police officers.The city has already hiked monthly trash fees from $11 to $26 over the last two years, to pay for the ongoing expansion of the Los Angeles Police Department.
City Controller Laura Chick said Villaraigosa mentioned the idea Wednesday during a meeting on the budget crisis, saying he was weighing whether to charge homeowners the *full cost of sanitation pickup. (*Currently the City picks up some of the tab.)
"My understanding is this is very much on the table," she said.
RELATED BUDGET MATTER: Chick said that by March 1, the furlough plan had saved roughly $98,000 -- far less than the $20 million originally sought by Villaraigosa.
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