MAYOR'S FIRST BUDGET TO FOCUS ON KIDS, COPS.Byline: RICK ORLOV Orlov (Орлóв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer With an emphasis on hiring more police officers and providing more programs for the city's youths, Mayor 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. will release his first budget today - an expected $6.7 billion spending plan, up 11 percent over a year ago. Most of the extra money comes from property tax increases driven by the dramatic rise in home prices, but the mayor also wants to impose the first in a series of controversial hikes in the trash-collection fee to fund hiring more police officers. The budget also includes a $5 increase for parking fines and higher rates for planning and inspection fees. "We are trying to balance what we need to do with what we want to do," Villaraigosa said Wednesday Wednesday: see week. during a news conference at Castelar Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the home of Argentine boy Giobellina tomas and birthplace of Argentine footballer and manager Claudio Borghi. Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Chinatown Chi·na·town n. A neighborhood or section of a city that is inhabited chiefly by Chinese people. Chinatown Noun a section of a town or city outside China with a mainly Chinese population . "Children and young people have to be our priority. There is nothing more important to our future. We know we need more police. But we also need more parks and libraries where you can go after school to get the skills you need to get a good job." Villaraigosa will officially release the budget during an appearance this afternoon in Van Nuys, but his office has previewed much of the plan over the past two weeks. Officials who have seen the budget describe it as a "hold-the-line" document, with little in the way of new spending. Instead, Villaraigosa has shifted much of the property tax windfall windfall An unexpected profit or gain. An investor holding a stock that increases greatly in price because of an unexpected takeover offer receives a windfall. to the city's reserve to help close a $295 million deficit. The budget also includes the following highlights: Open all branch libraries six days a week, including Encino-Tarzana, Lake View Terrace, Northridge, Van Nuys and Woodland Hills. In addition, $3 million would be spent to buy 120,000 books. Spend $1 million for new recreation programs, including "Learn and Earn," in which high school dropouts would receive educational instruction in the morning and employment in the afternoon to keep them out of gangs. Create a planning unit to build a park in each city neighborhood. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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