COUNCIL APPROVES $4.3 BILLION BUDGET.Byline: Alexa Haussler Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. gave final approval Tuesday to a $4.3
billion city budget, restoring money for half the miles of street
repaving it cut from the mayor's proposal.
The council's budget originally diverted about 10 percent of the funds Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. targeted to pave 245 miles of streets into a fund that could be used for other projects in an emergency. The version approved Tuesday, however, reinstates 12.5 miles of those into the street services budget. Otherwise, the budget approved Tuesday is virtually the same as one tentatively approved last week by the council. Riordan has 10 days to review the budget and make line-item vetoes line-i·tem veto n. Authority, as of a government executive, to reject provisions of a bill individually. Also called item veto. . The 2000-2001 budget includes a $7.8 million increase for programs, including funding the controversial L.A. Bridges anti-gang program for one year - despite Riordan vetoing the issue. The spending plan also includes more money for gasoline for city vehicles and workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. . It also earmarks money for the bulk of the mayor's proposed programs, including $10.1 million in new children's recreation programs, $12.6 million for curb ramp A curb ramp is an accessible transition from the low side of a curb to the high side (usually 6" change in level). Accessible curb ramps are a minimum of 3 feet wide. They are sloped no greater than 1:12 (8. and sidewalk repairs, and $4.6 million to implement the voter-approved new charter in July. |
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