Parking tickets to rise
Grappling to cover a projected $406 million budget shortfall, a Los Angeles city panel on Tuesday continued to explore potential cuts and fee increases - particularly on parking tickets - to close the spending gap.Daily News.
In an in-depth review of the mayor's proposed $7.01 billion budget, the City Council's Budget and Finance Committee called for further studies into delaying certain building programs, shifting some service hours to accommodate the public and searching for other revenue sources.
Chief among new potential revenue sources is a possible increase in an array of parking fines.