Winners, losers in city budget

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $7 billion budget Monday that restores funding for libraries, sidewalk repair and other favored community services but still cuts hundreds of city jobs and raises fees for parking and trash pickup.Kerry
Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Approval comes after a month in which the council analyzed city spending amid housing and economic downturns that have sapped L.A.'s revenue while expenses - including employee wages, health-care costs and an expanded police force - have increased.

Faced with closing a record $400million budget shortfall, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council have largely filled the gap by cutting jobs, relying on one-time revenue and raising Angelenos' trash fee by $8 - to $36 a month.