First proposed budget reflecting pandemic-related economic woes would slash spending at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department by $162.1 million and result in 451 layoffs.
In Los Angeles County’s first proposed budget reflecting the pandemic-related economic slowdown, officials announced Thursday that public safety will bear the brunt of an overall 8% cut in spending, with the Sheriff’s Department eyed for more than 400 layoffs and $162 million trimmed from its $3.3-billion budget.
The proposed budget cuts represent an across-the-board cut of 8% for departments financed with what is known as “net county cost,” money that comes from sales tax “and other locally generated revenues,” Hamai said. The county’s Department of Children and Family Services could lose $21 million but wouldn’t see any layoffs. Other departments would lose a fraction of that amount. The county’s Mental Health Department would lose about $4 million under the proposal and lose nine vacant positions.
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