CHIEF TO PRESS VALLEY TRIO ON POLICE SALES TAX BOOST.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer 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. Police Chief William Bratton said Wednesday that he is focusing on three San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley-based City Council members to side with him in placing a half-percent sales-tax increase on the May ballot to hire police. The 15-member council is split on whether to ask voters to raise the sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. to 8.75 percent to hire an estimated 1,200 police officers. Bratton said he personally has met with each council member except Bernard Parks in an attempt to persuade them to vote Feb. 11 to place a measure on the May 17 ballot. In addition to Parks, council members Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. , Dennis Zine, Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and Jack Weiss Jack Weiss, is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district. Weiss was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005. The 5th district includes parts of the Westside and the San Fernando Valley. voted last week against asking the city attorney to draft language for a ballot measure, a preliminary step. Council members Alex Padilla and Tony Cardenas also have expressed misgivings about about placing a tax before voters, who narrowly rejected a countywide sales tax for police in November. Bratton said he's lobbying Cardenas, Padilla and Zine to support putting the tax on the ballot. The council must muster eight votes by Feb. 11 to do so. ``Parks is not going to change,'' Bratton said of the former police chief, who is a mayoral candidate. ``Villaraigosa, I think he's locked into supporting Greig Smith's position.'' Smith opposes the tax but supports hiring as many as 300 officers using revenue expected from the state. James Nash, (213) 978-0390 james.nash(at)dailynews.com |
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