SPENDING PLANS REVIEWED PARENTING-SKILLS PROGRAMS COULD BENEFIT FROM SMOKE TAX.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Proposals for how the county should spend $165 million a year in new cigarette tax revenue generally drew praise Tuesday for its early-childhood programs. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The measure established a 50-cent-a-pack tax on cigarettes that will generate up to $700 million a year statewide. The cigarette tax plan was championed by actor-director Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, children's advocate and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie Bunker's and Edith Baines-Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on . ``This plan is a compilation of many hours of blood, sweat and tears,''Supervisor Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. said. ``It is the first stop on the road map of how these dollars will be spent.'' The plan proposes spending the money on programs that emphasize parent education, including: --$25 million for programs for children under 5, including a program where nurses visit parents at home and teach parenting skills. --$25 million for a "Help Families Help Themselves" program, which includes a "Warm Line" toll-free hotline parents can call to obtain assistance on good parenting programs. --$25 million for enhancing day-care programs. --$3 million for improving early childhood program services, including simpler application forms and consumer friendly service systems. --$9 million for program administration, research, community grants and media marketing. --$78 million for allocation later. ``The most important thing is we're able to get the money out on the streets,'' Supervisor Don Knabe Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to said. Lea Butterfield, an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley resident, said the "Warm Line" hotline has the potential to get the money into the hands of the families who need it. Rose Clark, representing the 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. County American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. Children's Council, said the plan does not allocate any money to the needs of American Indian children. ``The county should provide funding to the Indian community through the Prop. 10 Commission, thereby recognizing the unique political, social and cultural makeup of the Los Angeles Indian community,'' Clark said. The commission, which has the final say in how the money is spent, will meet Thursday to decide whether to adopt the plan. |
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