Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an $11.8 billion budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year Thursday, with a 6.5% increase to the Los Angeles Police Department as well as a second year of historic spending of more than $1 billion related to homelessness.
The lengthy budget process began on April 20, when Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed an $11.77 billion budget, up from the current fiscal year's $11.2 billion.
With the changes made by council members, the final budget includes a $115 million increase to the LAPD's budget, according to the mayor's office budget director.However, during the budget process, Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso cast doubt on that happening, saying it was more realistic that between 600 and 650 additional recruits would be hired next year.
"There's something I think is troublingly ironic about protests against police violence, resulting in police violence, resulting in the police department getting more money,'' Bonin said. The revised budget also includes more than $1 billion in spending the city deemed related to the homelessness crisis, including $377 million for
About $200 million is being allocated to improve Los Angeles' street conditions, which would improve streets on a total of 6,500 lane miles, Krekorian said.
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