City Attorney to get extra $2.7 million

Even with a projected $336 million shortfall for the coming year, a city panel on Tuesday agreed to provide $2.7 million to offset cuts to the City Attorney's Office. Daily News.

The City Council's Budget and Finance Committee, as it began making changes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's proposed $6.9 billion spending plan, generally agreed with the mayor's budget, with some minor changes. The budget will go to the full City Council for consideration.

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, in a rare personal appeal to the committee, insisted his office could not continue to operate effectively if the panel cut his spending beyond the $95 million budgeted by the mayor.