“Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.
  • Crikeste@lemm.ee
    23·
    5 months ago

    They cut ~2% of the budget. Anyone spewing this funding cut bullshit is a partisan hack.

    Quit being reactionary.

    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      14·
      5 months ago

      that’s not what reactionary means

      $17.5 million, or around 2 percent of the previous year’s budget of $837 million. It was the second-largest departmental operating cut to come out of the city’s 2024-25 fiscal year budget, which shaved funding from the majority of city departments — but not the police.

      the article does say the percentage… and maybe it’s insane to cut their budget at all, given california’s recent fire problems, and they should’ve increased it by about 100%….
      so, given the difference between -2% and +100%, and half the city burning down, it’s a pretty big deal.

      • quicklime@lemm.ee
        3·
        5 months ago

        it’s not even remotely close to half of the city burning down. But given the damage estimates are running somewhere around $150 billion, it’s bad enough

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
      11·
      5 months ago

      Why do you think it’s okay to cut funding to the fire department while keeping the police(gang) force that is notorious for not actually doing anything to help it’s citizens?

      • Critical_Thinker@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Think about the priority of the community wealthy community members.

        Fires cause insurance payouts. This means big paydays when those ‘priceless’ works of art go up in smoke. You sell the land and buy somewhere without the insurance hikes. Win-win-win for the wealthy.

        Crime causes property values to decline. A break in is harder to deal with. Rabble protesting for fair treatment can get violent. The homeless need to be driven from the wealthy areas so the wealthy can enjoy their champagne and caviar in peace after snorting coke off of a trafficked sex slave’s tits. Police are so very valuable for keeping the wealthy safe.

        They know exactly what the right priority is… for the people who actually matter (not us.)

    • FuzzyWeevil
      1·
      5 months ago

      Fires are increasing every year. It’s the lady thing that should be cut. It should’ve been the other way around.