For much of this year, activists across L.A. demanded that Mayor Garcetti and the City Council zero out funding for the police department.
But L.A. has a long way to go before that could happen. latimes.com/california/sto…
But L.A. has a long way to go before that could happen. latimes.com/california/sto…
Council members ultimately cut the dept’s budget by $150 million, slashing overtime pay and taking police staffing to its lowest level since 2008.
Yet even with those reductions, LAPD spending will remain at around $3 billion, about the same as last year. latimes.com/california/sto…
Yet even with those reductions, LAPD spending will remain at around $3 billion, about the same as last year. latimes.com/california/sto…
The department is still on track to consume 51% of the city’s “unrestricted” revenues — taxes and other city funds the mayor and council can spend any way they want. latimes.com/california/sto… 
If city leaders continued cutting police spending by the same amount every year, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and their allies would not reach their target for defunding the LAPD until 2040. latimes.com/california/sto…
And because nearly a fourth of police spending currently goes toward officers’ pensions — an obligation the city is required to pay — such a goal may be legally impossible anyway. latimes.com/california/sto…
Read the full report from @adamelmahrek, @DavidZahniser and @priyakkumar: latimes.com/california/sto…
