NC Action Summit 2009

April 27, 2010
NCs' Budget Advocates Call to Action!

As Los Angeles prepares to enter the 2010-11 fiscal year, the neighborhood councils' budget advocates have been busy working on a variety of issues related to-and voiced concerns about-the city's current financial crisis, reports of impending insolvency, and the creation of a realistic budget for the coming 12 months. Beyond that lie the dangers inherent in looming pension shortfalls and contractual obligations which bind the city.

The budget advocates-elected by their neighborhood council peers to represent the 90 community organizations-are responsible for gathering the concerns, opinions, and suggestions of the councils and forwarding them to city officials. On March 19, the advocates presented their views about the fiscal situation to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and offered ideas about balancing the budget.

City Council's Budget & Finance Committee considers
Mayor's 2010-2011 Proposed Budget

This past Tuesday, Mayor Villaraigosa presented the State of the City address, dispensing with the traditional review of the past performance and the future vision, instead simply focusing on the release of his 2010-2011 Proposed Budget. Promising to address both the immediate budget shortage and the bleak long term prospects, he offered a budget that promises two thirds systemic solutions and one third one-time remedies.

Critics call the proposed budget an uninspired blood-letting that fails to address systemic or structural deficiencies while others simply express concern that the proposed budget barely gets the city above water, leaving no room for error nor any plan B or plan C at hand for adjustments.

The City Council's Budget & Finance Committee will be conducting 11 days of hearings to review the budget in detail, taking testimony from the Department Heads and the City's Chief Administrative Officer as they go through each category of the Mayor's proposed budget.

The agenda and schedule of meetings is attached.

A summary of the Mayor's proposed budget is attached.

The Mayor's proposed budget is attached.

For more information and to leave your comments and suggestions for the budget, visit http://BudgetLA.com/NCAdvocates.
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NCs' Budget Advocates Call to Action
City Councils Budget Finance Committee
Upcoming
BUDGET HEARINGS
(200 N. Spring St.
LA, CA 90012)

TUES - APR 27
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WED - APR 28
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

THUR - APR 29
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FRI - APR 30
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m

MON - MAY 3
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

TUES - MAY 4
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m

WED - MAY 5
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

THUR - MAY 6
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FRI - MAY 7
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

MON - MAY 10
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

TUES - MAY 11
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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