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Mayor Garcetti proposes fiscally responsible 2020 budget with record reserves, investments in homelessness and infrastructure
05/08/2019
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today unveiled his $10.6 billion spending plan which strengthens the City’s finances and includes record spending to end homelessness and improve Los Angeles’ infrastructure. “Through a sound budget, we achieve a strong bottom line and strengthen Los Angeles from the bottom up,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “This proposed budget is a blueprint illustrating how we’ll achieve our highest ambitions — from ending homelessness to improving our infrastructure — while maintaining a commitment to fiscal responsibility that has helped to drive Los Angeles’ economic recovery.” Mayor Garcetti’s proposed budget continues to bolster the City’s fiscal foundation: For the first time since the recession, reserves exceed 8%, which makes Los Angeles fiscally resilient and better able to weather an economic downturn. The Reserve Fund is increased to $399 million, and includes a Budget Stabilization Fund of $110.9 million and an Unappropriated Balance of $20 million. The proposed budget calls for a record $940 million to improve and update the City’s infrastructure — $140 million more than the previous year. Also included is $348 million for street repairs and maintenance, and $117 million for Vision Zero and traffic and pedestrian safety projects. It allocates funding to advance the Mayor’s sustainability goals with $38 million in Measure W funds going toward clean water infrastructure, and $3 million for the City’s innovative Cool Pavement Program and investments in tree planting. The proposed budget includes the City’s largest-ever investment to end the homelessness crisis — with $457 million in permanent housing, temporary shelter, services, and facilities to help homeless Angelenos find their way off the streets. The budget anticipates spending $36 million in Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funds that Mayor Garcetti advocated for, and received, from the state last year. As part of funding from the Prop. HHH initiative, $281 million will go toward 27 new permanent supportive housing and affordable housing projects providing more than 2,126 units. Mayor Garcetti’s proposed budget also calls for:
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