Three-year budget plan for city

A major restructuring of services and how Los Angeles provides for them will be proposed in a far reaching document presented today to a City Council panel. Daily News.

City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana is calling for officials to develop a three-year plan to deal with its budget problems caused by the recession that has revealed weaknesses, duplication and costly ways of doing business.

If changes are not made, Santana estimated the city will have a budget shortfall of $952 million by the year 2014.