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LAPD’s Proposed Budget Increase Canceled, Millions in Further Cuts Likely, LA Mayor Garcetti Says

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In an unexpected move, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that a planned funding increase for LAPD has been canceled and the city will likely seek as much as $150 million in further cuts, with the money used for “reinvesting in black communities and communities of color.” “This is bigger than just a budget, but I want you to know we will not be increasing our police budget.

How can we at this moment?” Garcetti said in public remarks Wednesday night. Garcetti said he has now tasked the city to “identify $250 million in cuts, so we could invest in jobs, in health, in education, and in healing.

And that those dollars need to be focused on our black community here in Los Angeles, as well as communities of color, and women, and

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