Gang tax details

Even as a new dispute developed Wednesday over a proposed parcel tax to fund anti-gang programs in Los Angeles, City Councilwoman Janice Hahn said she would remove a quietly inserted provision that would have allowed the tax to be increased every year. Daily News.

The controversy erupted after a draft of the measure, which has been championed by Hahn, included an allowance for the City Council to boost the tax amount every year to reflect the cost of inflation.

The provision sparked an outcry from taxpayer advocates and others who said it raised concerns over the final cost to taxpayers with no accounting for where or how the money would be spent.