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L.A. Councilmembers Outline Community Benefits of City Budget Reinvestment
By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff Writer
Published March 11, 2021
L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price (Courtesy Photo)
Change is coming to the L.A. city budget in the form of reallocating resources. While some people attribute the budgetary adjustment as a reaction to cries of  “defund the police,” key drivers on the Los Angeles City Council insist that the modification is simply a matter of addressing the needs of the community.
Council President Nury Martinez (Council District 6), and Councilmembers Curren Price (CD 9), Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD 8) and Mark Ridley-Thomas (CD 10), led the charge to redistribute the $150 million cut from the L.A. Police Department’s budget to initiatives and programs that benefit the well-being of communities of color in underserved neighborhoods. The L.A. City Council approved the cut in July 2020. ....

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