BUDGET BOOSTS SAFETY DOLLARS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The city's proposed budget for fiscal year 2005-06 includes $13.6 million for public safety, a $1.1 million increase from last year's budget that will fund additional sheriff's deputy positions, authorities said. Expected to be adopted June 28, just two days before the deadline, the $134.4 million proposed budget also reflects a county-imposed 6 percent increase on all cities that contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . After the 6 percent mandatory increase on last year's city contract for Sheriff's Department services, which translates to $696,000, the proposed public safety budget includes $404,000 more than was allocated the previous year. Those funds will pay for three new deputy positions - one of which will be assigned to the traffic division at the Santa Clarita sheriff's station - and a civilian position to assist with the city's successful red light-camera program. Lastly, $100,000 of the increased public safety budget proposal is earmarked for the reactivation reactivation to become active after a period of quiescence or, as in bacterial and viral infections, latency. cross reactivation of the sheriff's Vital Intervention and Directional Alternatives (VIDA VIDA Voluntad Independiente de Anzoátegui (Venezuela political party) VIDA Voice Interoperability, Data and Access VIDA Volumetric Imaging Display and Analysis ) program, an outreach program for youths headed for trouble. Anna Pembedjian, a deputy for 5th District county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , said the 6 percent covers the Sheriff's Department's annual salary increases. ``The auditors adjust the formula every year and make adjustments to the contract amount based on cost-of-living increases,'' she said. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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