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2021-07-18 08:24:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 72E23C45FE8916E77D481EE11A501C9783E1008F0BC02490E0BE6CED792B3221
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LASD's 2021 budget is $3.5 BILLION (+$1.76B for LAPD). https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-20/garcetti-proposes-slight-increase-in-lapd-spending LASD has been pushing this "underfunded/defunded" narrative for a while: https://lasd.org/defunding-the-lasd-budget/ https://scvnews.com/villanueva-supes-2020-2021-lasd-budget-short-by-400-million/ LASD's requested $3.9B but current funding is in line with previous budgets of $3.5B. Additionally LASD routinely goes over its budget: https://theavtimes.com/2019/10/01/l-a-county-funds-63-million-deficit-for-sheriffs-department/
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