New LAPD contract illustrates fine line between city services, budget cuts
LAPD
The L.A. City Council is on the verge of approving a new contract the with union representing LAPD officers that should save the city some $72 million in the next fiscal year by dramatically cutting overtime costs. The concern is that by cutting overtime hours the effect will be reduced patrol coverage and response time by the LAPD. How will the city continue to walk the fine line of slashing the budget without cutting into vital city services?
Guests:
Matt Szabo, deputy chief of staff for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Frank Stoltze, KPCC criminal justice reporter
- Patt Morrison for October 30, 2009
- New LAPD contract illustrates fine line between city services, budget cuts
- Meg Whitman - can she become California's next governor?
- Politicians behaving badly
- Zombies, cyborgs, or a rare disease - science making it real in film
- Investigating the paranormal
- “On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears”
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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