CITY, COUNTY SPLIT OVER FUNDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.Byline: Patrick McGreevy and David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News 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. city and county officials are feuding over how to divide $29 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve provided to Southern California for police services. A high-level meeting Thursday between City Council members and county officials failed to resolve the dispute over the money, which was distributed based on serious crime rates in different jurisdictions. The city received more than $17 million in the formula used by the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) were federal assistance block grant programs provided by the United States Department of Justice to local governments, which would then use the funds to support public safety or crime prevention efforts. , while the county received about $3.7 million, said Undersheriff Un´der`sher`iff n. 1. A sheriff's deputy. Jerry Harper. The police departments of 47 other cities in the county received a total of $8 million more in the program. Councilman Mike Hernandez said county officials are demanding about $9 million - or approximately half the combined total city and county allotment. The county is arguing that its courts, probation offices and jails need funding to accommodate the additional policing done by the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. under its share of the grant. County officials said they believed they had worked out a deal with the city before the meeting, but were surprised once they arrived to hear Councilman Richard Alatorre say it wasn't so. ``The county's position is we thought we had an understanding, based on the the high-level staff discussions, but apparently there's not one,'' said Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors who attended the meeting. |
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