The Council offers a modest increase in awareness, amid disagreements with the Mayor

Months of conflict between Los Angeles Mayor Ryan Bass and members of the city council exploded into public view Friday when the Council rebuffed the mayor’s request to significantly increase police employment.

The face between the Mayor and some members of the Council has been divided since the council voted in May on the case of the city to reduce the hidden bass in the bass – to close the budget reach of $ 1

Then, when Bass signs the budget, it means he has reached an agreement with council president Marquece Harris-Dawson to get more money to restore police employment. The duo said they will get the money within 90 days.

The 90 days came and went. Then another 90 came and left. All the while, the bass continued to recruit.

As of this month, which is almost in the middle of the financial year, the lapd has already brought in all 240 new ones that were written in the budget. To continue hiring officers, the city council will have to allocate more money.

Against the latter, Bass sent a letter to the Council on Wednesday, calling on them to pay for 410 new startups this fiscal year, which ends in July. Some members of the Council started, they said, they were afraid that the hiring could create a permanent deficit, because the new police officers would be the city’s payments for decades to come.

Bass’ Push was supported by Councilor John Lee, who called on his colleagues to finance 410 startups by including other parts of the city budget, including employee benefit funds, the health fund and the health fund.

The cost of additional employment jumped to $24 million the following year, and it is unclear how the city will cover their salaries in future years.

“Here we are, considering an unstoppable money proposal that none of us saw until today,” said Councilman Ty Yaroslavsky, of the Council’s Finance and Finance Committee.

Yaroslavsky said he would support hiring 410 new officers if funds were available. He said the budget committee has repeatedly reached out to the Mayor and the President of the Council to find solutions but did not receive a response until this week, before the Council went on vacation.

Yaroslavsky presented his proposal on Friday to hire a class of 40 police officers in January to receive $ 1.7 million – to bring the number of police officers to the fiscal year. He also asked that the lapd and the city administration police come back in January with ways to pay for other police officers who can come from one-time sources.

The Council passed Raroslavsky’s plan by a vote of 11 to 4.

In a statement, Bass called the council’s vote “an outstanding and short-sighted decision” that will lead to more costs and slower 911 responses.

“This decision puts us at risk and moves us backwards. Public Safety is the most important service the city of Los Angeles can provide to its residents, businesses and visitors,” he wrote. “Today, the city council cut that responsibility in favor of intelligence and bureaucracy.”

Harris-Dawson, who supported the Mayor’s goal of 410 police officers, said the tension over the hiring of police officers is one hundred years back. He brought up the 2003 debate between then-mayor James Hahn and Council President Alex Pardilla, and the council voting to reduce the number of hired police because of the city’s financial problems because of the city’s financial problems because of the city’s financial problems because of the city’s financial problems

“What we are dealing with today is in line with the way the city of La rus is,” he said.

Bass hoped that I would keep the Department from making too many cuts this year. lapd expects to lose 552 officers to attract. If they are not hired beyond the 240 that have already been delivered, the Department could fall to 8,386 police officers, the lowest number since 1995.

“Blocking the hiring of new police officers will have positive and lasting effects on our city,” wrote his letter to the City Council.

The mayor pointed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympics as reasons the city needs to increase its police force.

“We cannot knowingly and voluntarily increase the demands of our cases while reducing their workforce to the lowest levels in more than 20 years,” he said.

The city’s police union, the Los Angeles Police Protective League, supported Bass’ efforts to sponsor 410 officers.

“Alengenos You need this council to understand that the neighbors prevent more police, not less, and it’s time to stop sending politics and put their money where their mouths are and grow.

Staff writers Davida Zahniser and Sandra McDonald contributed to this report.