Balancing the city budget

Posted by Rick Orlov on December 18, 2008 5:59 AM | | Comments (0) |

The City Council approved $74 million in cuts and revenue increases Wednesday - a plan that for now spares Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's aggressive bid to hire more police officers in coming months. Brandon Lowrey in the Daily News.

The cuts still leave a budget gap of $17 million for the current year, which will force council members to make additional cuts soon.

In what is shaping up as a contentious debate, some council members said their next task may be to start slashing more deeply into police and fire services that make up nearly 70 percent of the city's overall spending.

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