Elizabeth Chou
洛杉矶每日新闻
(MCT)
洛杉矶市长埃里克·加塞蒂（Eric Garcetti）提议为即将到来的财政年度提供118亿美元的预算，其中包括1,050万美元的气候股权计划，增加8.5％的LAPD运营以及资金来雇用更多的消防员和卫生工人。
他在市政厅新闻发布会上对记者说：“我们已经实现了极强的经济复苏。这是个好消息。总比好。这是个好消息。我们的财务状况与两年前我们面对一生中最艰难的经济时刻的地方完全不同。”
但是洛杉矶市控制者罗恩·加珀林（Ron Galperin）给了一个more sobering forecast,说“就业成本的上涨，加上高高的通货膨胀，很可能使这座城市陷入收入紧缩。”他建议“洛杉矶官员需要专注于维持居民依赖的核心服务，并以可靠的成功记录支持计划。”
该市估计收入为74亿美元，比去年增加6.6％。市长呼吁在LAPD上进行积极的招聘，预计该招聘将因损耗而损失500多名军官。他的计划允许培训和雇用780名警官，将LAPD的排名从不到9,500名增加到9,700多名警察。
Garcetti is also calling for $7.3 million to carry out recommendations from an after-action report that looked at the city’s response to the 2020 racial justice protests. The city’s handling of the protests led to a lawsuit from demonstrators who experienced brutal treatment by law enforcement.
His total LAPD budget is set at $3.2 billion, which includes pensions, healthcare and other costs.
面对自己的争议，洛杉矶消防局也关注了加塞蒂的预算计划，该计划将资助260名消防员的培训和招聘。为了回应LAFD遭到骚扰的持续抱怨，他还提出了一个局，该局将努力改善该部门的工作场所环境，多样性和包容性。
市长提议的消防员招聘计划将花费1,925万美元，而多样性和包容性措施将获得647,000美元。
Several million dollars will also be put toward programs aimed at creating an alternative to traditional policing, including:
- 3750万美元，以扩大Gryd（减少帮派和青年发展），这是一个城市帮派干预计划到其他社区。
- 该市与非营利性城市炼金术合作的计划为Circle提供了800万美元，以对涉及未受到调查的非暴力情况提供紧急响应。
- $2 million to expand a program that responds to 911 calls for mental health emergencies with mental health workers, rather than police officers.
- 预算计划还要求雇用另外17名维修人员和26名卫生工人来捡拾笨重的物品和非法倾倒垃圾。
加塞蒂说，心理健康紧急计划将处理9,000个危机电话，并指出：“我们给（我们正在）遭受他们对该计划所需的帮助，将他们带到街上的治疗或计划，或者计划，或者计划，而不是医院由于没有心理健康计划，他们只能回到街上。”
在解决涉及无家可归营地的广泛问题时，他的拟议预算将资助23个名为Care+的团队，该团队将处理营地的全面清理运营以及五个护理团队，以进行更轻松的清洁工作。
About $1.16 billion would also be spent to address homelessness directly, including programs to convert motels into long-term shelters through the Project Homekey program. A smaller budget would go to prevention and homeownership programs.
Dealing with climate change, the budget includes $10.5 million to establish a two-phase $21 million “climate equity fund,” the result of a new franchise agreement in which SoCalGas will pay for residents’ home air purifiers and heat mitigation improvements. The multi-million dollar deal will also fund a jobs program and monitoring of oil drilling sites.
Garcetti portrayed his proposals as “setting the stage for the next mayor. I was lucky enough to inherit this office from great mayors who came before and who thought through handing that baton in a very thoughtful way. We’re trying to do the same thing here so that our work won’t miss a beat.”
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