LA Mayor: City Will Redirect $250M From Budget To Invest In Black Communities

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Mayor Eric Garcetti Wednesday said he would not authorize an increase to the Los Angeles Police Department budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and would be instead looking at cuts.

“To the men and women of our Los Angeles Police Department, we ask so much of you, and never more than in these days,” Garcetti said. “All of us, every single one of us, are making a sacrifice. This is not on your shoulders alone.”

Garcetti said he would ask City Administrative Officer Richard Llewellyn to reallocate $250 million from city’s proposed 2020-21 budget to Black communities to address health and education issues, though he did not provide specific examples.

The mayor said the cuts would come from all departments, including LAPD which has proposed a nearly $1.86 billion budget for the upcoming year — an increase of about $122 million.

Police Commission President Eileen Decker, who joined Garcetti in his briefing on continued unrest, also announced that the commission would put a moratorium on the LAPD entering names into the CalGang database, the statewide system that tracks people who may be affiliated with gangs.

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