TALKING UP A TAX RAPPER HELPS SHERIFF LAUNCH HALF-CENT POLICE INITIATIVE.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer UNIVERSAL CITY - Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. launched his half-cent public-safety sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. initiative Tuesday with a Haitian-born rapper and an army of signature gatherers. The sheriff, joined by rapper Won-G, 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. officials and the cast from an upcoming TV cop-show series, vowed to collect the needed 200,000 signatures in time for the November ballot. ``We're in a crisis of a very large magnitude in this county when it comes to public safety,'' said Baca at a news conference at the former Hanna-Barbera studio building. ``No community should be left behind, and public safety should definitely not be left behind. ... I need your help in protecting you.'' Baca, whose force is down 1,100 deputies and whose budget has been slashed $166 million in two years, said jails are closing and prisoners are serving only 10 percent of their required sentences. If approved, the sales tax boost would generate $500 million a year - one-third for the Sheriff's Department, one-third for 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 . and one-third to be divided among the
county's remaining police agencies.
The proposed measure, which supporters are calling the Public Safety Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and Local Anti-terrorism Sales Tax Initiative, would put 3,000 to 4,000 more cops on the street, supporters say. The LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. would gain $168 million more a year, while other police departments would receive $5 million in Burbank, $9.3 million in Glendale and $1.6 million in San Fernando. Sheriff's stations would receive $1.5 million in Agoura Hills, $1.4 million in Calabasas, $87,000 in Hidden Hills, $1.4 million in La Canada- Flintridge, $6 million in Lancaster, $6 million in Palmdale and $880,000 in Westlake Village. Rapper Wondge Bruny, known as Won-G, has partnered with the cast of ``D.H.S.,'' a show about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and the battle against terrorism, to gather the signatures at shopping centers through a marketing team using as many as 60 Ford Excursions. The sales tax initiative campaign is co-chaired by Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti and Janice Hahn,
with support from Mayor James Hahn.
In a period of budget cuts from Sacramento, Villaraigosa said, ``it's the only way we're going to get the resources we need to fight crime in the city of Los Angeles
Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Rapper Wondge Bruny, known as Won-G, has arranged for a caravan of Ford sport-utility vehicles to be used by people circulating petitions for a cop-benefit tax measure. (2 -- color) Sheriff Lee Baca is flanked by rapper Won-G and businessman Art Kassel on Tuesday as he announces plans to put a cop-benefit tax measure on the ballot. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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