“Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.
  • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    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