Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian said he wants the city to pursue a 2020 ballot measure to fund programs for young children.
Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian, shown in 2016, said he wants to protect programs for young children from the ups and downs of municipal budgeting.
In a newly released proposal, the councilman is asking city staffers to report back on ways to expand licensed child care programs at the Department of Recreation and Parks. Krekorian said that before the last recession, the department offered licensed child care programs at 26 facilities. Now, he said, that number has plummeted to just two.Among his suggestions was a ballot measure like those pursued in San Francisco, where voters narrowly approved a tax increase to fund child care last year.
Child care and early childhood education in California are funded through a complex patchwork of government programs.
Those problems are especially acute for poorer families, said Kim Pattillo Brownson, vice president of policy and strategy for First 5 LA, a public agency focused on early childhood education. Only 6% of L.A. County working families with babies and toddlers who are eligible for child care services, based on income, actually receive those services, she told reporters.
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