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LA County Supervisors take up county budget
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LA County Supervisors take up county budget
LA County Supervisors take up county budget
Los Angeles County Supervisors today conduct a hearing on the spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1st. The 23 billion dollar budget averts layoffs, but eliminates 250 vacant positions.
LA County employs about 95,000 people. The proposed budget would close a 220-million dollar deficit through what chief executive officer Bill Fujioka calls "efficiencies and other measures" that include restructuring financing for capital projects.
Since the board first approved the plan in April, some tax revenues have improved. but the big question mark remains the state budget.
Governor Brown vetoed a Democratic plan last week. He still wants to shift responsibilities for thousands of state prison inmates to counties in a move called "realignment."
Fujioka said that’ll cost LA County nearly half a billion dollars – money state lawmakers have promised but have not yet allocated.
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