Trash funds spent on cops

Trash-fee increases imposed on Angelenos two years ago generated enough money to hire new cops and pay for raises throughout the Los Angeles Police Department, according to a new review released Tuesday. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The analysis by City Controller Laura Chick is the first into how the city spent funds from the trash-fee increase - and whether the funds paid for police hiring as the mayor and City Council had promised.

It comes as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council are planning an additional 30 percent increase that will push the monthly trash fee to $36.