{"id":2438719,"date":"2025-05-24T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-city-council-oks-14-billion-budget-keeps-7000-per-homeless-per-month-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:57:39","slug":"los-angeles-city-council-oks-14-billion-budget-keeps-7000-per-homeless-per-month-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-city-council-oks-14-billion-budget-keeps-7000-per-homeless-per-month-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles City Council OKs $14 billion budget, keeps $7,000 per homeless per month &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-city-council-oks-14-billion-budget-keeps-7000-per-homeless-per-month-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $14 billion budget that includes notable cuts to the police and fire departments while maintaining high expenditures on homelessness services,specifically through the &#8220;Inside Safe&#8221; program,which costs approximately $7,000 per individual per month. The budget cuts $36.63 million from the Los Angeles fire department and reduces new police recruitment from 480 to 230 recruits. It also allocates emergency funds, indicating the city may be experiencing a structural deficit due to overspending.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Traci Park expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the Los Angeles Homeless Services authority, which has failed recent audits, and criticized the continued high costs associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-envisions-private-residences-housing-migrants\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor Envisions Private Residences ... Migrants\">housing homeless individuals<\/a>.Other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >council members shared similar concerns<\/a> regarding the budgetary priorities, questioning the efficacy of funding various programs amidst rising crime and homelessness in the city. The budget reflects modifications from the mayor&#8217;s proposal, focusing on staffing reductions and continuing significant financial support for homelessness initiatives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Los Angeles City Council OKs $14 billion budget, keeps $7,000 per homeless per month<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>(The Center Square) &mdash;<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Los-Angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a> City Council passed a $14 billion budget that reduced citywide layoffs by cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">police<\/a> hiring and fire department spending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The approved budget uses emergency funds, such as $29 million from the budget stabilization fund, to pay for ongoing regular services, which is typically only done in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/recession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recession<\/a>. That suggests the city has a structural deficit created by spending more than revenue will allow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3420545\/ftc-dropping-khan-era-lawsuits-conservative-issues\/\">FTC dropping Khan-era lawsuits in favor of addressing anti-conservative bias<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3419861\/walmart-job-cuts-nearly-1500-jobs-major-restructuring\/\">Walmart to cut nearly 1,500 jobs in major restructuring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3418973\/unitedhealth-stock-falls-report-paid-nursing-homes-reduce-hospital-transfers\/\">UnitedHealth stock falls after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unitedhealth-stock-falls-after-report-company-paid-nursing-homes-to-curtail-hospital-transfers\/\" title=\"UnitedHealth stock falls after report company paid nursing homes to curtail hospital transfers\">report company paid nursing homes<\/a> to curtail hospital transfers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Notably, the budget cuts $36.63 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department&rsquo;s proposed budget and reduces new police hiring in half from 480 new recruits to 230. At the same time, it restores funding for Animal Services and creates a new Bureau of Homelessness Oversight under the Los Angeles Housing Department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Traci Park, whose district stretches from the Los Angeles International Airport to the fire-demolished Pacific Palisades, questioned the city&rsquo;s continued funding of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which has failed all recent audits and from which Los Angeles County recently voted to terminate its funding and relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Spending a million and a half dollars per door to build micro-units of housing to give away to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-opposition-to-mail-in-unionization-efforts-epitomizes-elitist-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Starbucks\u2019 Opposition To Mail-In Unionization Efforts Epitomizes Elitist Hypocrisy\">homeless drug addicts<\/a> when the vast majority of our own city employees could never afford a condo at that price &hellip; I don&rsquo;t think we should agree to spend another penny on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">homelessness<\/a> &hellip; until we cast a vote on whether we&rsquo;re finally getting a divorce from LAHSA and what the future of homeless services delivery looks like in LA,&rdquo; said Park at Thursday&rsquo;s meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Park also attacked the cuts to the proposed LAFD budget and the halving of the new LAPD officer expansion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We just witnessed in January with our own eyes how desperately in need [LAFD is], with literally half the staffing and funding they should have for a fire department in a city of our size. There are still a hundred rigs sitting over at the boneyard, but we&rsquo;re sitting here unable to say yes to the mechanics that we need to fix them,&rdquo; continued Park. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re shrinking LAPD in favor of expanding other programs that haven&rsquo;t been effective, and we&rsquo;re going it right on the cusp of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-the-crown-to-the-simpsons-hollywood-embraced-and-spoofed-queen-elizabeth\/\" title=\"From \u2018The Crown\u2019 to \u2018The Simpsons,\u2019 Hollywood embraced \u2013 and spoofed \u2013 Queen Elizabeth\">major world events<\/a>, and in the midst of a crime and homelessness crisis while our residents continue to be victimized in a city where the former deputy mayor just pled guilty to calling in bomb threats to city hall. That&rsquo;s the state of our city.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The adopted budget is mostly the same as the mayor&rsquo;s proposed budget, other than the aforementioned staffing changes and a $7 million cut to the mayor&rsquo;s &ldquo;Inside Safe&rdquo; program that places homeless individuals in hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Homelessness spending still is nearly $1 billion, with $107 million&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ens.lacity.org\/clk\/clkbudget\/clkclkbudget1069189036_05162025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still<\/a>&nbsp;appropriated for the Inside Safe program that City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who with Councilman John Lee joined Park in voting against the budget, said continues to be exorbitantly expensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3389845\/trump-harvard-battle-funding-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HARVARD VS. TRUMP: THE ADMINISTRATION&rsquo;S BATTLE WITH ELITE HIGHER EDUCATION IS A MIXED BAG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Inside Safe currently spends upwards of $7,000 a month to house a single individual,&rdquo; said Rodriguez at the meeting. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s just room and board and services.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At $7,000 per individual per month, Inside Safe costs have decreased significantly since 2023, when the program&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/california\/article_c624934e-3702-11ee-aa6c-a3aa4f237ce7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cost<\/a>&nbsp;$17,000 per individual per month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2130170\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130170\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles City Council approves $14 billion budget, maintains $7,000 monthly for homeless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2438720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24024216205544.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4463,33772,11561,36585,32076],"class_list":["post-2438719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-budget","tag-city-council","tag-homelessness","tag-los-angeles","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24024216205544.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438723,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438719\/revisions\/2438723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}