City holding the line

For the second year in a row - and likely continuing for the foreseeable future - Los Angeles city leaders have had to live with diminished expectations. Daily News,.

"This past year was a year of holding the line," Council President Eric Garcetti said in a recent interview. "Holding the line on the budget. Holding the line on crime and making even further gains there. Holding the line on the size of the police force.

"There was not much room to grow anything."