Gang tax show down

A plan to tax Los Angeles property owners $30 a year to fund gang programs drew new fire Thursday as City Controller Laura Chick vowed to fight its placement on the February ballot. Daily News.

Proposed earlier this year, the plan would generate about $30 million for gang-intervention and -prevention efforts. But Chick told a meeting of the city's business leaders that she will oppose the measure if it's placed on the ballot before she completes her audit of existing gang programs.

"Before we ask taxpayers to give up more of their hard-earned dollars, we need to look at what we're doing, at what works and what changes we are making," she said.