One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This archival content was originally written for and published on KPCC.org. Keep in mind that links and images may no longer work — and references may be outdated.
A ballot measure to fund child care programs in LA?
(
Photo by seiko tomono via Flickr Creative Commons
)
Listen
1:00
A ballot measure to fund child care programs in LA?
The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks used to run 26 child care programs, but after recession-era budget cuts, that number shrank to just two.
On Wednesday, Councilmember Paul Krekorian proposed that the city work toward restoring those programs -- at the very least putting one in each of the fifteen council districts.
To make this happen, the budget chair has his eyes on securing a piece of the nearly 2 billion dollars in early childhood funding proposed in Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget. But he’s also thinking about long-term, local funding. His goal is to put the idea of a child care fund before voters in 2020.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
