How to save Los Angeles

What do you do when you're a city in desperate need of cash, with big bills to pay and no relief in sight? Daily News,

How about a garage sale? Perhaps a lottery? Or simply taking over some nearby tax-rich communities?

Those were just a few of the suggestions sent in by Daily News readers on how the city can come up with millions of dollars to help preserve essential services while the economic recovery sputters.

The ideas poured in from city residents and those in neighboring communities. Proposals ranged from the administrative -- cutting the city credit cards and trimming staff -- to the creative, such as starting a city lottery and selling off surplus stuff.