ADJUSTMENT HIKES SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS.Byline: Michelle Rester Staff Writer Government checks arriving in the mail today will be slightly higher than last month's for the nearly 1 million Social Security recipients in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. As it has done every year since 1975, the Social Security Administration has approved an automatic cost-of-living allowance Noun 1. cost-of-living allowance - an allowance for changes in the consumer price index allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" - this time it's 2.6 percent. ``It is a modest amount, probably about $22 for the average person,'' said Caroline Cheezum, a Social Security spokeswoman. The average Social Security benefits for the 999,598 retired workers countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. has increased from $852 to $874 a month. A similar increase has been approved for the county's 359,866 residents who receive Supplemental Security Income Supplemental Security Income A Social Security program established to help the blind, disabled, and poor. checks, Cheezum said. The increases are meant to keep up with inflation, Social Security officials said. While the increase isn't as much as some would like, area seniors say they'll take what they can get. ``I look at it as a generous increase,'' says Fae Shepard of West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. . ``In my book, $27 is $27 and you shouldn't snub your nose. Still, I wish it could be more.'' |
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