#LA: LAs Library: Uniquely Independent and an Amazing Success Story By: Jack Humphreville, CityWatch LA Measure L was criticized as ballot box budgeting. But Measure L was carefully crafted to be budget neutral by Councilmember Bernard Parks after the City Council realized that the proposed $39 parcel tax designed to raise over $30 million for the Library was doomed to failure once voters realized that almost two-thirds of the new money would be going out the back door to help the City cover its budget deficit rather than being invested in Library services. Measure L not only assures the Library’s funding (less than 3% of the General Fund budget), but protects the department and its almost 1,000 well educated employees from the backroom power politics where well-funded special interests wield disproportionate influence over the members of the City Council. Full story--> citywatchla/lead-stories-hidden/6894-la-s-library-uniquely-independent-and-an-amazing-success-story
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 04:00:01 +0000