Council cuts budget, delays furloughs

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved $18.2 million in cuts and savings to the city budget, but it put off making decisions on the most controversial proposals, including furloughs and layoffs of city workers. Daily News.

The cuts include $1 million from the budgets of the mayor and City Council, $1 million from the city attorney, $200,000 from the LAPD, $3 million from citywide salary savings and $12 million in savings from capital projects.

Also, the city Department of Transportation plans to look at speeding up the conversion of another 10,000 parking meters to take credit cards to collect higher fees. Revenue from credit card meters is up 50 percent, officials said.