MAYOR REQUESTS REVISION OF BUDGET HIRING MORE POLICE CRITICAL, HAHN SAYS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Stepping up pressure for his plan to hire more police officers, Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California on Friday renewed his offer to cut spending by 3 percent in all other departments to pay for the new cops. Hahn said in a letter to City Council members that he was making the offer as a compromise after the City Council limited hiring solely to replacement of police officers who leave the department this year. The mayor's original budget called for the hiring of 720 officers, enough to cover anticipated attrition Attrition The reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry. Notes: of 400 officers through retirement and resignation, while also producing a net increase of 320 officers in the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . .
The proposed $5.1 billion spending plan would take effect July 1. ``As you know, through our collective efforts over the last two years, we have turned the corner at LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. and have developed a great deal of momentum behind our recruitment efforts and crime has begun to decline,'' Hahn wrote. ``All of us recognize that public safety must be our top priority,'' he said. ``We must maintain the momentum that we have, both in recruiting and crime reduction.'' The mayor said he and Chief William Bratton believe that to continue the momentum the city needs to fully fund the LAPD. The City Council had rejected the mayor's plan to hire 720 officers this coming year, saying it was concerned that it could lead to a multimillion- dollar shortfall Shortfall The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. in coming years and place the city in the same precarious financial situation the state now faces. Hahn's proposed alternative is to cut 3 percent from all city departments - except police, fire and sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. - to develop a $30 million fund to cover the police costs. City Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City said the mayor's proposal represented the same offer made earlier in the week. ``This is just an 11th-hour attempt by the mayor to make some changes, and I don't think it's going to work,'' Padilla said. ``I think the budget that was adopted was a compromise. It kept the mayor's priorities but gave us a handle to control costs.'' Also, Padilla said, the budget is now in the process of formal final action with little room for change. Once it is given final approval, scheduled for next week, the budget will go to Hahn, who has the option to approve or veto veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members. In the U.S. specific aspects of it. |
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